`automatic-rename`

Control automatic window renaming.

Scope: window
Type: Flag (on or off)
Default: on
Set: set-option -w automatic-rename value
Read: show-options -w automatic-rename

Description#

Control automatic window renaming. When this setting is enabled, tmux will rename the window automatically using the format specified by automatic-rename-format. This flag is automatically disabled for an individual window when a name is specified at creation with new-window or new-session, or later with rename-window, or with a terminal escape sequence. It may be switched off globally with:

set-option -wg automatic-rename off

Releases#

tmux 3.7c : present
tmux 3.2a : present

Source#

Defined in: options-table.c:1121
C source reference: options_table
CLI Manual: Original manual entry

Used by#

Library documentation that names this option.

Rust: options.generated.AUTOMATIC_RENAME
Go: tmux.GlobalWindowScope.SetAutomaticRename, tmux.Window.SetAutomaticRename, tmux.WindowOptionValues.AutomaticRename