Choose tree is a powerful tmux utility that provides a graphical interface to preview all sessions, windows, and panes, move between them kill them, move them and much more.
The default keybinding
bind-key -T prefix s choose-tree -s
my preferred keybinding to open sessions and windows collapsed and Zoomed in.
bind-key -T prefix s choose-tree -s
From the man page.
choose-tree [-GNrswZ] [-F format] [-f filter] [-K key-format] [-O sort-order] [-t target-pane] [template]
Put a pane into tree mode, where a session, window or pane may be chosen interactively from a tree. Each session, window or pane is shown on
one line. A shortcut key is shown on the left in brackets allowing for immediate choice, or the tree may be navigated and an item chosen or
otherwise manipulated using the keys below. -s starts with sessions collapsed and -w with windows collapsed. -Z zooms the pane. The followβ
ing keys may be used in tree mode:
Key Function
Enter Choose selected item
Up Select previous item
Down Select next item
+ Expand selected item
- Collapse selected item
M-+ Expand all items
M-- Collapse all items
x Kill selected item
X Kill tagged items
< Scroll list of previews left
> Scroll list of previews right
C-s Search by name
m Set the marked pane
M Clear the marked pane
n Repeat last search
t Toggle if item is tagged
T Tag no items
C-t Tag all items
: Run a command for each tagged item
f Enter a format to filter items
H Jump to the starting pane
O Change sort field
r Reverse sort order
v Toggle preview
q Exit mode
After a session, window or pane is chosen, β%%β is replaced by the target in template and the result executed as a command. If template is
not given, "switch-client -t '%%'" is used.
-O specifies the initial sort field: one of βindexβ, βnameβ, or βtimeβ. -r reverses the sort order. -f specifies an initial filter: the filβ
ter is a format - if it evaluates to zero, the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown. If a filter would lead to an empty list,
it is ignored. -F specifies the format for each item in the tree and -K a format for each shortcut key; both are evaluated once for each
line. -N starts without the preview. -G includes all sessions in any session groups in the tree rather than only the first. This command
works only if at least one client is attached.
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