tmux-pane-menu :-)

A tmux menu to expose some of the functionality surrounding panes in tmux. It's the kind of thing that will help reduce the amount of tmux prefix shortcuts you have to remember and/or configure.

What it can do

We have some basic stuff to begin with:

• Zoom pane to maximie the pane you're currently using.
• Show a clock in a pane (neat party trick lol, and good for being mindful about the time when getting lost in having fun).
• Kill a pane if/when for whatever reason it stops responding.

Split

You have your normal way of doing splits and maybe your abnormal ones:

• Split horizontal (a pane is split down the middle)
• Split vertical (a pane is split across)
• Create new splits above or below in full width.
• Create splits to the left or right in full height.

Navigate

Of course you can also navigate between panes with this little menu. The menu will stay on screen while you navigate so it's easy to quickly navigate once you have begun. You can also:

• Navigate to a pane in a visual way.
• Navigate the last active pane.

Resize

Get all your resizing done with this menu with w, a, s, d keys and feel like a million bucks.

Rearrange

Rotate your panes, swap them, break them put into new windows, send them to existing windows or use layout prefixes :-)

Session

Rename your session, switch to the last session - useful for switching back and forth between two sessions - or switch to any session with tmux' own session switcher. Also create a new session for all the cool shit you're gonna do next.

Windows

Move windows left and right or just swap them. You can even send a window to another session.

What it looks like

How to install it

Use TPM for a smooth experience. Add this to your tmux.conf:

set -g @plugin 'datamadsen/tmux-pane-menu'

Then hit prefix + I and you're good to go. Use prefix + U from time to time to update plugins managed by TPM.

How to invoke it

By default the menu is invoked with prefix + p (p for pane), but you can change it like this in your tmux.conf:

set -g @pane_menu_trigger 'a'

If you want to invoke it without tmux' prefix, e.g. with Ctrl-P, you can configure that like this:

set -g @pane_menu_trigger 'C-p'

Customizing the menu

You can disable individual menu sections by setting their option to off:

set -g @pane_menu_basic off      # Zoom, Clock, Kill
set -g @pane_menu_split off
set -g @pane_menu_navigate off
set -g @pane_menu_resize off
set -g @pane_menu_rearrange off
set -g @pane_menu_session off
set -g @pane_menu_windows off

All sections are enabled by default. Remember to set the value to 'on' when experimenting instead of simply commenting a line that previously set the variable to off (as that value would be saved in the same session)