# io.github.libtmux.query.TmuxFilters.literal

- **Module:** io.github.libtmux.query
- **Package:** io.github.libtmux:libtmux
- **Language:** Java
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java/blob/c067fced0dfd19bd6dd3d260e9d4c336becdb063/libtmux/src/main/java/io/github/libtmux/query/TmuxFilters.java#L33
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-query-tmuxfilters-tmuxfilters-literal/

```
public static boolean literal(String value)
```

Whether this text can sit inside a tmux format argument without changing its shape. A backslash escapes the next character in a format, so a trailing one swallows the closing brace.

## Parameters

- `value` (`String`)