# format_create_from_target

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/format.c#L5881
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-format_create_from_target/

```c
struct format_tree * format_create_from_target(struct cmdq_item *item)
```

## Parameters

- `item` (`struct cmdq_item *`)

## Called by

- [`cmd_display_menu_get_pos`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd-display-menu-c-cmd_display_menu_get_pos/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-menu.c#L123)
- [`cmd_run_shell_exec`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd-run-shell-c-cmd_run_shell_exec/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-run-shell.c#L138)
- [`cmd_show_messages_exec`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd-show-messages-c-cmd_show_messages_exec/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-show-messages.c#L94)

## Calls

- [`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/format.c#L5883)
- [`format_create_from_state`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-format_create_from_state/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/format.c#L5885)

## Other function references

- [`cmdq_get_target`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmdq_get_target/) (function)

## Referenced declarations

- [`cmdq_item`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-cmdq_item/) (struct)
- [`format_tree`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-format_tree/) (struct)