How can I get shift+arrow keys working in tmux

Question

I tried adding the below to ~/.tmux.conf so that i could use Shift+arrow keys to jump across windows, but doesnt work.

bind -n S-Left  previous-window
bind -n S-Right next-window

This is not under vim as I saw in other qns answered in stackoverflow. Even if I tried to use this for navigating across panes it doesnt work. However, if I use the Alt+arrow keys it works like a charm.

Any way I could get the Shift+arrow mappings work?

Answer 1

Although PuTTY sets the TERM variable to xterm, its behavior does not in fact match xterm's behavior link

There is a bug in PuTTy which causes binding of shift key to not work link

Your can switch to KiTTy, a fork of PuTTY, which solves the problem you are facing,