Navigate and Identify Panes in tmux
From the tmux cheat sheet · Panes · verified Aug 2026
Navigate and Identify Panes
Select panes by direction, number, or target.
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# Ctrl-b Arrow select by direction
# Ctrl-b o select next pane⚡ Ctrl-b q displays pane indexes
📌 Pane targets use session:window.pane
💡 Directional selection works well in scripts
🔍 Pane IDs beginning with % are server-wide
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