Python API

method libtmux latest

Pane.move

Move this pane to another window via $ tmux move-pane.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux.Pane.move
Module: libtmux
Declared in: Pane
Package: libtmux
Source: src/libtmux/pane.py
Other languages: Perl RakuErlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp RubyLua TypeScript Rust Go Java C# C++ Swift Kotlin Scala OCaml F# Clojure

Description#

Similar to join() but invokes the move-pane command directly.

>>> pane_to_move = window.split(shell='sleep 1m')
>>> w2 = session.new_window(window_name='move_target')
>>> pane_to_move.move(w2)

Parameters

target (str | Pane | Window) # – Target pane or window to move into.
vertical (bool) # – Split vertically (-v flag), default True. False for horizontal (-h).
detach (bool) # – Do not switch to the target window (-d flag), default True.
full_window (bool | None) # – Use the full window width/height (-f flag).
size (str | int | None) # – Size for the moved pane (-l flag).
before (bool | None) # – Place the pane before the target (-b flag).

The tmux commands behind move.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Move a pane to another position

Equivalents of Move a pane to another position in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Ruby	`LibTmux::Pane#move`
Lua	`libtmux.Pane:move_to`
Erlang	`tmux_pane:move/3`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	no equivalent on `Pane`
Rust	no equivalent on `Pane`
Go	`tmux.Pane.Move`
Java	no equivalent on `Pane`
C#	`LibTmux.Pane.MoveAsync`
C++	no equivalent on `Pane`
Swift	`Server.move(_:to:at:)` moves a window, not a pane
OCaml	`Libtmux_unix.Client.move_pane`
Perl	No dedicated equivalent in the selected Perl surface. Explicit Server::cmd remains available for native tmux commands.
Raku	`LibTmux::Model::PaneRef.move`

No equivalent is recorded in PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Common Lisp, Clojure, Kotlin, Scala or F#.