Overriding tmux shortcuts

Question

Is it possible to change tmux shortcuts such that:

I really like its features but am always of the opinion that the less shortcut I have to learn the better.

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '13 at 23:40

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It seems like you want to do this without the command prefix key. If that's correct, add the following commands to your ~/.tmux.conf file:

bind-key -n C-t new-window
bind-key -n C-w kill-window
bind-key -n C-Tab next-window

If you want to use the prefix key, then drop the -n from the above commands.

answered Sep 17 '13 at 23:40

Joe Casadonte

Excellent! The first two works but for some reason it doesn't detect the ctrl+Tab combination. Is there anything else I need to do? – lolski Sep 19 '13 at 04:45
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It seems that I need to have a specific build of xterm that sends the Tab key sequence so that tmux can detect it, according to this [post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15470001/bind-ctrltab-and-ctrlshifttab-in-tmux) – lolski Sep 19 '13 at 04:56
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@lolski vim-like `Ctrl + H` and `Ctrl + L` to change windows is another option. – Ciro Santilli Путлер Капут 六四事 Mar 14 '16 at 21:10

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