tmux copy-mode
==============

https://youtu.be/-ypY_-VmBKk{.youtube-embed}

Date: July 28, 2021

[https://youtu.be/-ypY_-VmBKk](https://youtu.be/-ypY_-VmBKk){.youtube-embed}

tmux copy-mode is a tmux mode that lets you scroll, search, copy, and jump your
way through a pane. There are a ton of keybindings for copy-mode, the main
ones you will need to know are `/` for searching down `?` for searching up, `n`
for next item, `space` for starting a selection, and enter to copy the
selection. Arrow keys will be used for navigation unless you have specified vi mode, then it will be `hjkl`.

Default keybinding to get into copy mode is `prefix+[`.

``` bash
bind-key [ copy-mode
```

If you are a vim user you will likely want to use vi style keys, add this to
your `~/.tmux.conf` file to enable vi mode.

``` bash
setw -g mode-keys vi
```

full list of copy-mode keybindings from the man page.

``` bash
 Command vi emacs
 append-selection
 append-selection-and-cancel A
 back-to-indentation ^ M-m
 begin-selection Space C-Space
 bottom-line L
 cancel q Escape
 clear-selection Escape C-g
 copy-end-of-line [] D C-k
 copy-line []
 copy-pipe [] []
 copy-pipe-no-clear [] []
 copy-pipe-and-cancel [] []
 copy-selection []
 copy-selection-no-clear []
 copy-selection-and-cancel [] Enter M-w
 cursor-down j Down
 cursor-down-and-cancel
 cursor-left h Left
 cursor-right l Right
 cursor-up k Up
 end-of-line $ C-e
 goto-line
- : g
 halfpage-down C-d M-Down
 halfpage-down-and-cancel
 halfpage-up C-u M-Up
 history-bottom G M->
 history-top g M- F F
 jump-forward f f
 jump-reverse , ,
 jump-to-backward T
 jump-to-forward t
 jump-to-mark M-x M-x
 middle-line M M-r
 next-matching-bracket % M-C-f
 next-paragraph } M-}
 next-space W
 next-space-end E
 next-word w
 next-word-end e M-f
 other-end o
 page-down C-f PageDown
 page-down-and-cancel
 page-up C-b PageUp
 pipe [] []
 pipe-no-clear [] []
 pipe-and-cancel [] []
 previous-matching-bracket M-C-b
 previous-paragraph { M-{
 previous-space B
 previous-word b M-b
 rectangle-on
 rectangle-off
 rectangle-toggle v R
 refresh-from-pane r r
 scroll-down C-e C-Down
 scroll-down-and-cancel
 scroll-up C-y C-Up
 search-again n n
 search-backward ?
 search-backward-incremental C-r
 search-backward-text
 search-forward /
 search-forward-incremental C-s
 search-forward-text
 search-reverse N N
 select-line V
 select-word
 set-mark X X
 start-of-line 0 C-a
 stop-selection
 top-line H M-R
```

How I navigate tmux in 2021 [1]

> for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

Also check out the full YouTube
[tmux-playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTRNG6WIHETB4reAxbWza3CZeP9KL6Bkr)
to see all of the videos in this series.

References:
[1]: /tmux-nav-2021/