Status Content and Style in tmux
From the tmux cheat sheet · Mouse and Status Line · verified Aug 2026
Status Content and Style
Show session context using formats and styles.
bash
set -g status-left '#S '
set -g status-right '%H:%M'📌 #S expands to the session name
🔍 Formats can include conditions and variables
💡 Keep the status line useful at narrow widths
⚠️ Frequent shell commands can slow status updates
status-linestylesformats
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