# pane.Pane.displayMessage

- **Module:** pane.Pane
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** TypeScript
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ts/blob/3fe1ca654b81b8cbf4a13b777a001a3298c87a6f/packages/libtmux/src/pane.ts#L414
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ts/latest/reference/pane-pane-displaymessage/

```
pane.Pane.displayMessage(message: : string) -> Promise<readonly string[]>
```

Expand a tmux format string against this pane.

## Example

```ts
const shown = await pane.displayMessage("#{pane_index}");
shown[0];
```