Rust API

method libtmux-rs latest

Session.previous_window

Move to the previous window, and return it.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux::session::Session::previous_window
Module: session
Declared in: Session
Package: libtmux
Source: crates/libtmux/src/session.rs
Other languages: Perl Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp Python Ruby Lua TypeScript GoJavaC#C++Swift Kotlin Scala OCaml F# Clojure

pub async fn previous_window(&self) -> Result< Option<Window>, Error > method async [source] ¶: Description#

None when there is none; see Self::next_window().
Errors
Returns an error when tmux cannot be reached or refuses the move.

tmux command#

The tmux commands behind previous_window.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Move to the previous window of a session

Equivalents of Move to the previous window of a session in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Python	`libtmux.Session.previous_window`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`Session.selectWindow` takes `next`, `previous` or `last`
Go	`tmux.Session.PreviousWindow`
Java	`io.github.libtmux.Session.previousWindow`
C#	`LibTmux.Session.SelectPreviousWindowAsync`
C++	`libtmux::Session::select_previous_window`
Swift	`Server.selectPreviousWindow(in:)`
OCaml	No direct public OCaml equivalent is recorded for this operation.
Perl	No dedicated equivalent in the selected Perl surface. Explicit Server::cmd remains available for native tmux commands.

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