Note that join-pane appears to be in tmux 1.3 but not 1.1. So you could select your pane and do break-pane and then once your done with the maximised version, you could re-join it with join-pane - might need some default arguments to put it back in place, or just rearrange afterwards. Like split-window, but instead of splitting dst-pane and creatingĪ new pane, split it and move src-pane into the space. From the man page: break-pane īreak target-pane off from its containing window to make it the older tmux (original answer)Īnother option could be to use break-pane followed by join-pane. With -Z, the active pane is toggled between zoomed (occupying the whole of the window) and unzoomed (its normal position in the layout). Version 1.8 saw the addition of the -Z flag to resize-pane. I would prefer to leave all of tmux's default settings (especially escape-time and display-panes-time) at their default values and am looking for more of a key-sequence solution instead.Now natively supported, from the below answer: Therefore, how can I quickly switch panes and begin typing in the new pane immediately?

When I type the final arrow key, tmux is still in function mode and either switches back to a different pane or resizes the current pane, respectively.

For example, to switch panes and then start typing, I might type either of the following sequences:īoth of these sequences, when typed quickly, result in unintended consequences. However, because I am impatient, I usually want to start typing in the new pane immediately.

I can successfully switch panes in tmux with the following command:Ĭtrl+ b left arrow (or any other direction)

Tmux switch panes