# libtmux.Session.select_window

- **Module:** libtmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/38e368c11117fb4aeb2f082d552cd4f210eae06a/src/libtmux/session.py#L565
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/py/stable/reference/libtmux-session-select_window/

```
libtmux.Session.select_window(
    self, target_window: str | int
) -> Window
```

Select window and return the selected window.

> **todo:** assure ``-l``, ``-n``, ``-p`` work.

## Parameters

- `target_window` (`str | int`)

## Returns

:class:`Window`

## In other ports

### Make a window of a session active

- TypeScript: [`session.Session.selectWindow`](/en/ts/latest/reference/session-session-selectwindow/) (method)
- Go: [`tmux.Session.SelectWindow`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-session-selectwindow/) (method)
- Java: [`io.github.libtmux.Session.Session.selectWindow`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-session-session-selectwindow/) (method)
- C#: [`LibTmux.Session.SelectWindowAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-session-selectwindowasync/) (method)