How to always know which is the prefix key in tmux

published Nov 05, 2015 05:40   by admin ( last modified Nov 05, 2015 10:31 )

Put it in the status bar. First check what is already in the status bar by issuing:

tmux show-options -g

Look for " status-left" it may look like this:

status-left "[#S]"

If the prefix key is Ctrl-b, and the present setting for the left part of the status bar is

"[#S]"

Do:

tmux set -g status-left "[#S] Ctrl-b"

No you will always have a reminder what the prefix key is.