# tmux select-pane

Source: https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/select-pane/

> Make pane target-pane the active pane in its window.

Make pane target-pane the active pane in its window.

## Syntax

```tmux-usage
tmux select-pane [-DdeLlMmRUZ] [-T title] [-t target-pane]
```

Alias: `selectp`.

## Behavior

Make pane `target-pane` the active pane in its window. If one of `-D`, `-L`, `-R`, or `-U` is used, respectively the pane below, to the left, to the right, or above the target pane is used. `-Z` keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed. `-l` is the same as using the [`last-pane`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/last-pane/) command. `-e` enables or `-d` disables input to the pane. `-T` sets the pane title.

`-m` and `-M` are used to set and clear the [*marked pane*](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/full/#marked). There is one marked pane at a time, setting a new marked pane clears the last. The marked pane is the default target for `-s` to [`join-pane`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/join-pane/), [`move-pane`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/move-pane/), [`swap-pane`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/swap-pane/) and [`swap-window`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/swap-window/).

## C implementation

Internal declarations in tmux 3.2a:

* [`cmd_select_pane_entry`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-variable-cmd_select_pane_entry/)
* [`cmd_select_pane_exec`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd-select-pane-c-cmd_select_pane_exec/)

## Use from a library

Each API describes its own defaults, errors and execution model.

* [Python](https://libtmux.org/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/)
* [TypeScript](https://libtmux.org/en/ts/latest/reference/pane-pane-select/)
* [Rust](https://libtmux.org/en/rs/latest/reference/pane-pane-select/)
* [Go](https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-pane-select/)
* [Java](https://libtmux.org/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-pane-pane-select/)
* [C#](https://libtmux.org/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-selectasync/)
* [C++](https://libtmux.org/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/)
* [Swift](https://libtmux.org/en/swift/latest/reference/server-select\(_-\)/)
* [Ruby](https://libtmux.org/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/)
* [Lua](https://libtmux.org/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/)

tmux sources and license

Syntax comes from `tmux 3.2a list-commands`. See the [global options](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/full/#DESCRIPTION) for sockets and configuration, and [command syntax and targets](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/manual/full/#COMMANDS).

Behavior is taken from the [tmux 3.2a manual](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/85893888497c5077979bc7557fb970ee5e3d13d9/tmux.1).

[Command declaration](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/85893888497c5077979bc7557fb970ee5e3d13d9/cmd-select-pane.c#L33)

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