# LibTmux::Model::PaneRef.select

- **Module:** LibTmux::Model
- **Package:** LibTmux
- **Language:** Raku
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-raku/blob/e76160bcce6e03976d49424da15b7c31afb2c68e/lib/LibTmux/Model.rakumod#L323
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/raku/latest/reference/libtmux-model-paneref-select/

```
method select(Bool :$preserve-zoom = False --> Result:D)
```

Select the exact pane or verified session-relative window placement.

Select the exact pane or verified session-relative window placement.

## Parameters

- `$preserve-zoom?` (`Bool`)

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `select`.

- [`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)

## In other ports

Make a pane active

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Pane.select`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/) (method) |
| Ruby | [`LibTmux::Pane#select`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/) (method) |
| Lua | [`libtmux.Pane:select`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/) (method) |
| Haskell | No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing. |
| TypeScript | [`pane.Pane.select`](/en/ts/latest/reference/pane-pane-select/) (method) |
| Rust | [`pane.Pane.select`](/en/rs/latest/reference/pane-pane-select/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Pane.Select`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-pane-select/) (method) |
| Java | [`io.github.libtmux.Pane.select`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-pane-pane-select/) (method) |
| C# | [`LibTmux.Pane.SelectAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-selectasync/) (method) |
| C++ | [`libtmux::Pane::select`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/) (method) |
| Swift | [`Server.select(_:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-select(_-)/) (method) |
| OCaml | [`Libtmux_unix.Client.select_pane`](/en/ocaml/latest/reference/libtmux_unix-client-select_pane/) (function) |
| Perl | [`LibTmux::Server::select_pane`](/en/perl/latest/reference/libtmux-server-select_pane/) (method). 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#.