# cmd_send_keys_exec

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L154
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd-send-keys-c-cmd_send_keys_exec/

tmux command: [`send-keys`](/en/tmux/3.7c/manual/send-keys/)

tmux command: [`send-prefix`](/en/tmux/3.7c/manual/send-prefix/)

```c
static enum cmd_retval cmd_send_keys_exec(struct cmd *, struct cmdq_item *)
```

## Parameters

- `self` (`struct cmd *`)
- `item` (`struct cmdq_item *`)

## Calls

- [`args_count`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-args_count/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L168)
- [`args_has`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-args_has/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L176)
- [`args_strtonum_and_expand`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-args_strtonum_and_expand/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L177)
- [`cmd_get_args`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd_get_args/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L156)
- [`cmd_get_entry`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd_get_entry/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L214)
- [`cmd_mouse_pane`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd_mouse_pane/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L205)
- [`cmd_send_keys_inject_key`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd-send-keys-c-cmd_send_keys_inject_key/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L219)
- [`cmd_send_keys_inject_string`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd-send-keys-c-cmd_send_keys_inject_string/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L239)
- [`cmdq_error`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmdq_error/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L172)
- [`cmdq_get_event`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmdq_get_event/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L162)
- [`cmdq_get_target`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmdq_get_target/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L157)
- [`cmdq_get_target_client`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmdq_get_target_client/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L158)
- [`colour_palette_clear`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-colour_palette_clear/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L224)
- [`input_reset`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-input_reset/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L225)
- [`options_get_number`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-options_get_number/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L216)
- [`window_pane_key`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-window_pane_key/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-send-keys.c#L210)

## Referenced by

- [`cmd_send_keys_entry`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-variable-cmd_send_keys_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_send_prefix_entry`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-variable-cmd_send_prefix_entry/) (attribute)

## Referenced declarations

- [`CLIENT_READONLY`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-define-tmux-h-client_readonly/) (constant)
- [`cmd`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-cmd/) (struct)
- [`CMD_RETURN_ERROR`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-enum-cmd_retval-cmd_return_error/) (constant)
- [`CMD_RETURN_NORMAL`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-enum-cmd_retval-cmd_return_normal/) (constant)
- [`cmd_retval`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-enum-cmd_retval/) (enum)
- [`cmd_send_prefix_entry`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-variable-cmd_send_prefix_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmdq_item`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-cmdq_item/) (struct)
- [`window_mode.command`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-window_mode-command/) (attribute)
- [`client.flags`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-client-flags/) (attribute)
- [`window_pane.flags`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-window_pane-flags/) (attribute)
- [`window_pane.ictx`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-window_pane-ictx/) (attribute)
- [`mouse_event.key`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-mouse_event-key/) (attribute)
- [`window_mode_entry.mode`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-window_mode_entry-mode/) (attribute)
- [`window_pane.modes`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-window_pane-modes/) (attribute)
- [`session.options`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-session-options/) (attribute)
- [`window_pane.palette`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-window_pane-palette/) (attribute)
- [`PANE_REDRAW`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-define-tmux-h-pane_redraw/) (constant)
- [`PANE_STYLECHANGED`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-define-tmux-h-pane_stylechanged/) (constant)
- [`PANE_THEMECHANGED`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-define-tmux-h-pane_themechanged/) (constant)
- [`window_mode_entry.prefix`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-window_mode_entry-prefix/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_find_state.s`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-cmd_find_state-s/) (attribute)
- [`mouse_event.valid`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-mouse_event-valid/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_find_state.wl`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-cmd_find_state-wl/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_find_state.wp`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-cmd_find_state-wp/) (attribute)
- [`window_mode_entry.wp`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-window_mode_entry-wp/) (attribute)