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option tmux3.7c

status-left

Display string (by default the session name) to the left of the status line.

Scope
session
Type
Text
Default
[#{session_name}]
Set
set-option status-left value
Read
show-options status-left

Description#

Display string (by default the session name) to the left of the status line. string will be passed through strftime(3). Also see the FORMATS and STYLES sections.

For details on how the names and titles can be set see the NAMES AND TITLES section.

Examples are:

#(sysctl vm.loadavg)
#[fg=yellow,bold]#(apm -l)%%#[default] [#S]

The default is ‘[#S] ’.

Releases#

Source#

Defined in
options-table.c:893
C source reference
options_table
CLI Manual
Original manual entry

Used by#

Library documentation that names this option.

Rust
options.generated.STATUS_LEFT, server.Server.format
Go
tmux.GlobalSessionScope.SetStatusLeft, tmux.Session.SetStatusLeft, tmux.SessionOptionValues.StatusLeft
Java
io.github.libtmux.Options.setExpanded
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