# LibTmux::Model::WindowRef.link

- **Module:** LibTmux::Model
- **Package:** LibTmux
- **Language:** Raku
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-raku/blob/0b5dd3d32e20f83a0069874e33eab0eb48f55962/lib/LibTmux/Model.rakumod#L219
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/raku/latest/reference/libtmux-model-windowref-link/

```
method link(SessionRef:D $session, Count:D :$index!, Bool :$select = False,
                Bool :$replace = False --> WindowLinkRef:D)
```

Add a destination placement. tmux synchronizes placements across session groups.

Add a destination placement. tmux synchronizes placements across session groups.

## Parameters

- `$session` (`SessionRef:D`)
- `$index` (`Count:D`)
- `$select?` (`Bool`)
- `$replace?` (`Bool`)

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `link`.

- [`link-window`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/link-window/)
- [`list-windows`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/list-windows/) `-a` server scope, [`cmd_list_windows_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-list-windows-c-cmd_list_windows_exec/) (source: `lib/LibTmux/Model.rakumod:227`)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_link_window_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_link_window_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_move_window_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-move-window-c-cmd_move_window_exec/) (function)
- [`cmd_list_windows_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_list_windows_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_list_windows_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-list-windows-c-cmd_list_windows_exec/) (function)

## In other ports

Link a window into another session

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Window.link`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-window-link/) (method) |
| Ruby | [`LibTmux::Session#link_window`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-session-link_window/) (method) |
| Lua | [`libtmux.WindowLink:link`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-windowlink-link/) (method) |
| Erlang | [`tmux_window_link:link/3`](/en/erlang/latest/reference/tmux_window_link-link-3/) (function) |
| Haskell | No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing. |
| TypeScript | [`window.Window.link`](/en/ts/latest/reference/window-window-link/) (method) |
| Rust | [`window.Window.link_to`](/en/rs/latest/reference/window-window-link_to/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Window.Link`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-window-link/) (method) |
| Java | [`io.github.libtmux.Window.linkTo`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-window-window-linkto/) (method) |
| C# | [`LibTmux.Window.LinkAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-window-linkasync/) (method) |
| C++ | [`libtmux::Window::link_to`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-window-link_to/) (method) |
| Swift | [`Server.link(_:into:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-link(_-into-)/) (method) |
| OCaml | [`Libtmux_unix.Client.link_window`](/en/ocaml/latest/reference/libtmux_unix-client-link_window/) (function) |
| Perl | [`LibTmux::Server::link_window`](/en/perl/latest/reference/libtmux-server-link_window/) (method). Explicit Server operation. Captured entities remain local observations; use a new snapshot to observe changes. |

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