# tmux.Ref

- **Module:** tmux
- **Package:** github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/tmux
- **Language:** Go
- **Kind:** struct
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/blob/5f808882015a975a65acc7f9da5b3ff0d5cbdc91/tmux/plan.go#L37
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/go/tmux-ref/

Ref addresses an existing object or one an earlier [Plan] step will create. This permits forward construction without tmux I/O. The zero Ref addresses nothing and makes a targeted operation fail validation.

## Members

- `String` (method) — String returns the target a Ref resolves to, or a placeholder naming the step that will produce it.