Python API

method libtmux latest

Pane.select

Select pane.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux.Pane.select
Module: libtmux
Declared in: Pane
Package: libtmux
Source: src/libtmux/pane.py
Other languages: Perlmethod Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp RubyLuaTypeScriptRustGoJavaC#C++Swift Kotlin Scala OCaml F# Clojure

Examples#

>>> pane = window.active_pane
>>> new_pane = window.split()
>>> pane.refresh()
>>> active_panes = [p for p in window.panes if p.pane_active == '1']

>>> pane in active_panes
True
>>> new_pane in active_panes
False

>>> new_pane.pane_active == '1'
False

>>> new_pane.select()
Pane(...)

>>> new_pane.pane_active == '1'
True

Parameters

direction (ResizeAdjustmentDirection | None) # – Select the pane in the given direction (-U, -D, -L, -R). added 0.56
last (bool | None) # – Select the last (previously selected) pane (-l flag). added 0.56
keep_zoom (bool | None) # – Keep the window zoomed if it was zoomed (-Z flag). added 0.56
mark (bool | None) # – Set the marked pane (-m flag). added 0.56
clear_mark (bool | None) # – Clear the marked pane (-M flag). added 0.56
disable_input (bool | None) # – Disable input to the pane (-d flag). added 0.56
enable_input (bool | None) # – Enable input to the pane (-e flag). added 0.56

Returns

Pane Self, for method chaining.

The tmux commands behind select.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Make a pane active

Equivalents of Make a pane active in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Ruby	`LibTmux::Pane#select`
Lua	`libtmux.Pane:select`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`pane.Pane.select`
Rust	`pane.Pane.select`
Go	`tmux.Pane.Select`
Java	`io.github.libtmux.Pane.select`
C#	`LibTmux.Pane.SelectAsync`
C++	`libtmux::Pane::select`
Swift	`Server.select(_:)`
OCaml	`Libtmux_unix.Client.select_pane`
Perl	`LibTmux::Server::select_pane` Explicit Server operation. Captured entities remain local observations; use a new snapshot to observe changes.

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