Panes
An open command prompt (known as “pseudo-terminal”), which may occupy the entire screen or appear horizontally/vertically stacked.
Command
Description
Ctrl + B -> q 0 … 9
Switch to pane by number
Ctrl + B -> o
Go to next pane
Ctrl + B -> z
Zoom in/out of pane
Ctrl + B -> !
Convert pane into new window
Ctrl + B -> %
Split vertically
Ctrl + B -> "
Split horizontally
Ctrl + B -> →
Switch to right pane
Ctrl + B -> ←
Switch to left pane
Ctrl + B -> ↑
Switch to upper pane
Ctrl + B -> ↓
Switch to lower pane
Ctrl + B -> ;
Toggle last active pane
Ctrl + B -> [spacebar]
Toggle between pane layouts
Ctrl + B -> {
Move current pane leftward
Ctrl + B -> }
Move current pane rightward
Ctrl + B -> x
Kill / Close current pane
:setw synchronize-panes
:resize-pane -L 5
Move the boundary of the pane leftwards by 5 lines. Direction flags: -U upwards -D downwards -L leftwards -R rightwards
M # M: meta key; ALT for Linux, ESC for macOS#: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Splitting panes in a designated form: #=1: uniform vertical split #=2: uniform horizontal split #=3: horizontal split, main pane on top, others on bottom, vertically split, all same width #=4: vertical split, main pane left, others right, horizontally split, all same height #=5: tile, new panes on bottom, same height before same width
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