# variation-selector-always-wide

Source: https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/catalog/options/variation-selector-always-wide/

> Always treat Unicode variation selector 16 as marking a wide character.

option tmux3.7c

Always treat Unicode variation selector 16 as marking a wide character.

* Scope

  server

* Type

  Flag (on or off)

* Default

  `on`

* Set

  [`set-option`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/manual/set-option/) `-s variation-selector-always-wide value`

* Read

  [`show-options`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/manual/show-options/) `-s variation-selector-always-wide`

## Description[#](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/catalog/options/variation-selector-always-wide/#description)

Always treat Unicode variation selector 16 as marking a wide character. This is a feature of some terminals as part of their Unicode 14 support.

## Releases[#](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/catalog/options/variation-selector-always-wide/#releases)

* [tmux 3.7c](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/catalog/options/variation-selector-always-wide/) : present
* tmux 3.2a : not present

## Source[#](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/catalog/options/variation-selector-always-wide/#source)

* Defined in

  [`options-table.c:550`](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/options-table.c#L550)

* C source reference

  [`options_table`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-options_table/)

* CLI Manual

  [Original manual entry](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/manual/full/#options-variation-selector-always-wide)

## Used by[#](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/catalog/options/variation-selector-always-wide/#used-by)

Library documentation that names this option.

* Rust

  [`options.generated.VARIATION_SELECTOR_ALWAYS_WIDE`](https://libtmux.org/en/rs/latest/reference/options-generated-variation_selector_always_wide/)

* Go

  [`tmux.Server.SetVariationSelectorAlwaysWide`](https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-setvariationselectoralwayswide/), [`tmux.ServerOptionValues.VariationSelectorAlwaysWide`](https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-serveroptionvalues-variationselectoralwayswide/)