Common tmux shortcut keys

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Server	Server. When you enter the tmux command, a server is enabled.
Session	Session. A server can contain multiple sessions.
Window	Window. A session can contain multiple windows.
Pane	Panel. A window can contain multiple panels.

Operation

Similar to various tiled Window managers, tmux uses a keyboard for operations. Common Shortcut Keys include:

CTRL + B		Activate the console. The following buttons take effect:
System Operation	?	List all shortcut keys; press Q to return
	D	Disconnects from the current session. In this way, you can return to the Shell Interface temporarily and enter tmux attach to re-enter the previous session.
	D	Select the session to be detached.
	CTRL + z	Suspend current session
	R	Force re-draw sessions not detached
	S	Select and switch sessions.
	:	Enter the command line mode. You can enter the supported commands, for example, kill-server can shut down the server.
	[	Enter the replication mode. The operation is the same as that of VI/Emacs. Press Q/ESC to exit.
	~	Lists the prompt information cache, which contains various prompt information returned by tmux.
Window operations	C	Create a new window
	&	Close current window
	Number key	Switch to the specified window
	P	Switch to the previous window
	N	Switch to the next window
	L	Switch between the front and back windows
	W	Switch window through window list
	,	Rename the current window to facilitate identification
	.	Modify the number of the current window; equivalent to reordering the window
	F	Search for specified text in all windows
Panel operations	"	Divide the current Panel equally into the upper and lower blocks
	%	Divide the current Panel into the left and right sides
	X	Close current Panel
	!	Place the current Panel in a new window, that is, create a new window that contains only the current Panel
	CTRL + direction key	Move the edge to adjust the current Panel size in units of 1 cell
	Alt + direction key	Move the edge in 5 cells to adjust the current Panel size
	Space	Cyclic switching in the preset panel layout, including even-horizontal, even-vertical, main-horizontal, main-vertical, and tiled
	Q	Display Panel number
	O	Select the next panel in the current window
	Direction key	Move the cursor to select a panel
	{	Forward swap current Panel
	}	Swap the current Panel backward
	Alt + O	Rotate the panel of the current window counterclockwise
	CTRL + O	Rotate the panel of the current window clockwise

Configuration

the system-level configuration file of tmux is/etc/tmux. conf, and the user-level configuration file is ~ /. Tmux. conf. The configuration file is actually a command set of tmux, that is, each line of configuration can take effect after entering the command line mode.
below is ~ /. Example of tmux. conf, which includes some common configurations:

# In command line mode, you can enter show-options-g to query the initial sequence number of the Set-Option-G base-Index 1 # window. The default value is 0, set this parameter to 1set-option-G display-time 5000 # duration of the prompt message. Set enough time to avoid missing the prompt, unit: millisecond set-Option-G repeat-Time 1000 # duration after the console is activated; set the appropriate time to avoid activating the console before each operation, unit: millisecond set-Option-G Status-keys VI # default keyboard layout when operating the status bar; it can be set to VI or emacsset-Option-G Status-Right "# (date + % H: % m'')" # Content on the right of the status bar; set-Option-G Status-right-length 10 # Content Length on the right of the status bar, which is displayed; we recommend that you leave more space to the left of the status bar (used to list the current window) set-Option-G status-utf8 on UTF-8 support for enabling the status bar # This setting can be entered in command line mode to show-window-options-G query set-window-Option-G mode-keys VI # default keyboard layout in copy mode; can be set to VI or emacsset-window-Option-G utf8 on # enable window UTF-8 support # change the keyboard shortcut for the active console from Ctrl + B to Ctrl + ASET-Option-G prefix c-aunbind-key C-bbind-key C-a send-Prefix # Add a custom shortcut key bind-key Z kill-session # end the current session by Z; it is equivalent to entering the command line mode and then entering kill-sessionbind-key H select-layout even-horizontal # Switch the current Panel layout to even-horizontal by H; it is equivalent to entering select-layout even-horizontalbind-key v select-layout even-vertical after entering command line mode # Switch the current Panel layout to even-vertical by V; it is equivalent to entering select-layout even-vertical in command line mode.

More

The tmux manual is very detailed. Please enter man tmux and read it.