# libtmux:select-pane

- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Common Lisp
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-lisp/blob/c2e5fc4ed3befda21f45dfa5d5868c38fd138311/src/operations.lisp#L41
- **Public owner:** libtmux
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/lisp/latest/reference/libtmux-select-pane/

```
(select-pane client pane &key (observe t) cancel-token timeout output-limit)
```

Select PANE within its physical window; return a COMMAND-OUTCOME.
OBSERVE supplies a replacement pane through OUTCOME-VALUE. Captured getters
stay local and unchanged. Signals STALE-TARGET or an operational condition.

## Parameters

- `client`
- `pane`
- `observe?`
- `cancel-token?`
- `timeout?`
- `output-limit?`

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `select-pane`.

- [`select-pane`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/select-pane/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_select_pane_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_select_pane_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_select_pane_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-select-pane-c-cmd_select_pane_exec/) (function)

## Guides

Pages that discuss `select-pane`.

- [Explicit operations](/en/lisp/latest/guides/operations/)