# tmux.SessionOptionValues.StatusBG

- **Module:** tmux.SessionOptionValues
- **Package:** github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/tmux
- **Language:** Go
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/blob/52968a3181c1c9e6d1b26c565d4b170968ae61c0/tmux/option_generated.go#L2232
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-sessionoptionvalues-statusbg/

```
tmux.SessionOptionValues.StatusBG() -> OptionValue[string]
```

StatusBG returns materialized "status-bg" as [OptionValue] with value type OptionValue[string] from session option values; it does not query tmux. Available as COLOUR since tmux 3.2a; set it with [Session.SetStatusBG] or [GlobalSessionScope.SetStatusBG].