# libtmux.Window.resize

- **Module:** libtmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/38e368c11117fb4aeb2f082d552cd4f210eae06a/src/libtmux/window.py#L698
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/py/stable/reference/libtmux-window-resize/

tmux command: [`resize-window`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/resize-window/)

```
libtmux.Window.resize(
    self,
    # Adjustments,
    adjustment_direction: ResizeAdjustmentDirection
    | None = None,
    adjustment: int | None = None,
    # Manual,
    height: int | None = None,
    width: int | None = None,
    # Expand / Shrink,
    expand: bool | None = None,
    shrink: bool | None = None,
) -> Window
```

Resize tmux window.

### Notes

Three types of resizing are available:

1. Adjustments: ``adjustment_direction`` and ``adjustment``.
2. Manual resizing: ``height`` and / or ``width``.
3. Expand or shrink: ``expand`` or ``shrink``.

## Parameters

- `# Adjustments`
- `adjustment_direction` (`ResizeAdjustmentDirection | None`): direction to adjust, ``Up``, ``Down``, ``Left``, ``Right``.
- `adjustment` (`int | None`)
- `# Manual`
- `height` (`int | None`): ``resize-window -y`` dimensions
- `width` (`int | None`): ``resize-window -x`` dimensions
- `# Expand / Shrink`
- `expand` (`bool | None`): expand window
- `shrink` (`bool | None`): shrink window

## Returns

:class:`Window`

## Raises

- [`exc.LibTmuxException`](/en/py/stable/reference/libtmux-exc-libtmuxexception/)
- [`exc.PaneAdjustmentDirectionRequiresAdjustment`](/en/py/stable/reference/libtmux-exc-paneadjustmentdirectionrequiresadjustment/)

## In other ports

### Resize a window

- Ruby: [`LibTmux::Window#resize`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-window-resize/) (method)
- Lua: [`libtmux.Window:resize`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-window-resize/) (method)
- TypeScript: [`window.Window.resize`](/en/ts/latest/reference/window-window-resize/) (method)
- Rust: [`window.Window.resize`](/en/rs/latest/reference/window-window-resize/) (method)
- Go: [`tmux.Window.Resize`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-window-resize/) (method)
- Java: [`io.github.libtmux.Window.Window.resizeTo`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-window-window-resizeto/) (method)
- C#: [`LibTmux.Window.ResizeAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-window-resizeasync/) (method)
- C++: [`libtmux::Window::resize`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-window-resize/) (method)