I've got tmux setup just the way I like it, and my chosen key of prefix is `, because it's so quick and easy to use.
Everything was gravy until I tried using tmux from my phone, which doesn't have a ` key. Is there anyway to additionally bind ^a to the prefix, so I can use BOTH combos at the same time?
By default, tmux sets the prefix key as Ctrl + b.
tmux may be controlled from an attached client by using a key combination of a prefix key, 'C-b' (Ctrl-b) by default, followed by a command key. The default command key bindings are: C-b Send the prefix key (C-b) through to the application. C-o Rotate the panes in the current window forwards.
Starting with tmux 1.6, you can use the session option prefix2
to specify a second prefix key (e.g. in ~/.tmux.conf
):
set-option -g prefix ` set-option -g prefix2 C-a
Note: If you have any bindings or script that use the send-prefix
, you can use its -2
option to send the key assigned to prefix2
: send-prefix -2
.
Prior to tmux 1.6, the prefix
option accepted a comma-separated list of keys:
set-option -g prefix `,C-a
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