# tmux display-panes

Source: https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/manual/display-panes/

> Display a visible indicator of each pane shown by target-client.

Display a visible indicator of each pane shown by target-client.

## Syntax

```tmux-usage
tmux display-panes [-bN] [-d duration] [-t target-client] [template]
```

Alias: `displayp`.

## Behavior

Display a visible indicator of each pane shown by `target-client`. See the `display-panes-colour` and `display-panes-active-colour` session options. The indicator is closed when a key is pressed (unless `-N` is given) or `duration` milliseconds have passed. If `-d` is not given, `display-panes-time` is used. A duration of zero means the indicator stays until a key is pressed. While the indicator is on screen, a pane may be chosen with the ‘`0`’ to ‘`9`’ keys, which will cause `template` to be executed as a command with ‘`%%`’ substituted by the pane ID. The default `template` is "select-pane -t '%%'". With `-b`, other commands are not blocked from running until the indicator is closed.

## C implementation

Internal declarations in tmux 3.7c:

* [`cmd_display_panes_entry`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_display_panes_entry/)
* [`cmd_display_panes_exec`](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-display-panes-c-cmd_display_panes_exec/)

tmux sources and license

Syntax comes from `tmux 3.7c list-commands`. See the [global options](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/manual/full/#DESCRIPTION) for sockets and configuration, and [command syntax and targets](https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/manual/full/#COMMANDS).

Behavior is taken from the [tmux 3.7c manual](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/79072dd1a9f5fb437a5859e362a496fd57ec0981/tmux.1).

[Command declaration](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/79072dd1a9f5fb437a5859e362a496fd57ec0981/cmd-display-panes.c#L36)

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