Windows#

class libtmux.Window(session=None, **kwargs)[source]#

Bases: libtmux.common.TmuxMappingObject, libtmux.common.TmuxRelationalObject

A tmux(1) Window [window_manual].

Holds Pane objects.

Parameters:

session (Session) –

References

[window_manual]
tmux window. openbsd manpage for TMUX(1).

“Each session has one or more windows linked to it. A window occupies the entire screen and may be split into rectangular panes…”

https://man.openbsd.org/tmux.1#DESCRIPTION. Accessed April 1st, 2018.

__marker#
property _info(self, *args)#
_list_panes(self)[source]#
property _panes(self)#

Property / alias to return _list_panes().

property attached_pane(self)#

Return the attached Pane.

Return type:

Pane

child_id_attribute = pane_id#
children#
clear() → None.  Remove all items from D.[source]#

D.clear() -> None. Remove all items from D.

cmd(self, cmd, *args, **kwargs)[source]#

Return Server.cmd() defaulting target_window as target.

Send command to tmux with window_id as target-window.

Specifying ('-t', 'custom-target') or ('-tcustom_target') in args will override using the object’s window_id as target.

Return type:

Server.cmd

Notes

Changed in version 0.8: Renamed from .tmux to .cmd.

find_where(self, attrs)[source]#

Return object on first match.

Changed in version 0.4: Renamed from .findWhere to .find_where.

formatter_prefix = window_#
get(k[, d]) → D[k] if k in D, else d.  d defaults to None.[source]#

D.get(k[,d]) -> D[k] if k in D, else d. d defaults to None.

get_by_id(self, id)[source]#

Return object based on child_id_attribute.

Parameters:

val (str) –

Return type:

object

Notes

Based on `.get()`_ from `backbone.js`_.

items() → a set-like object providing a view on D's items[source]#

D.items() -> a set-like object providing a view on D’s items

keys(self)[source]#

Return list of keys.

kill_window(self)[source]#

Kill the current Window object. $ tmux kill-window.

last_pane(self)[source]#

Return last pane.

list_panes(self)[source]#

Return list of Pane for the window.

Return type:

list of Pane

move_window(self, destination='', session=None)[source]#

Move the current Window object $ tmux move-window.

Parameters:

  • destination (str, optional) – the target window or index to move the window to, default: empty string

  • session (str, optional) – the target session or index to move the window to, default: current session.

property panes(self)#

Property / alias to return list_panes().

pop(k[, d]) → v, remove specified key and return the corresponding value.[source]#

D.pop(k[,d]) -> v, remove specified key and return the corresponding value. If key is not found, d is returned if given, otherwise KeyError is raised.

popitem() → (k, v), remove and return some (key, value) pair[source]#

D.popitem() -> (k, v), remove and return some (key, value) pair as a 2-tuple; but raise KeyError if D is empty.

rename_window(self, new_name: str)[source]#

Return Window object $ tmux rename-window <new_name>.

Parameters:

new_name (str) – name of the window

select_layout(self, layout=None)[source]#

Wrapper for $ tmux select-layout <layout>.

Parameters:

layout (str, optional) –

string of the layout, ‘even-horizontal’, ‘tiled’, etc. Entering None (leaving this blank) is same as select-layout with no layout. In recent tmux versions, it picks the most recently set layout.

’even-horizontal’

Panes are spread out evenly from left to right across the window.

’even-vertical’

Panes are spread evenly from top to bottom.

’main-horizontal’

A large (main) pane is shown at the top of the window and the remaining panes are spread from left to right in the leftover space at the bottom.

’main-vertical’

Similar to main-horizontal but the large pane is placed on the left and the others spread from top to bottom along the right.

’tiled’

Panes are spread out as evenly as possible over the window in both rows and columns.

’custom’

custom dimensions (see tmux(1) manpages).

select_pane(self, target_pane: str)[source]#

Return selected Pane through $ tmux select-pane.

Parameters:

target_pane (str) – ‘target_pane’, ‘-U’ ,’-D’, ‘-L’, ‘-R’, or ‘-l’.

Return type:

Pane

select_window(self)[source]#

Select window. Return self.

To select a window object asynchrously. If a window object exists and is no longer longer the current window, w.select_window() will make w the current window.

Return type:

Window

set_window_option(self, option, value)[source]#

Wrapper for $ tmux set-window-option <option> <value>.

Parameters:

  • option (str) – option to set, e.g. ‘aggressive-resize’

  • value (str) – window option value. True/False will turn in ‘on’ and ‘off’, also accepts string of ‘on’ or ‘off’ directly.

Raises:
setdefault(k[, d]) → D.get(k,d), also set D[k]=d if k not in D[source]#

D.setdefault(k[,d]) -> D.get(k,d), also set D[k]=d if k not in D

show_window_option(self, option, g=False)[source]#

Return a list of options for the window.

todo: test and return True/False for on/off string

Parameters:

  • option (str) –

  • g (bool, optional) – Pass -g flag, global. Default False.

Return type:

str, int

Raises:
show_window_options(self, option=None, g=False)[source]#

Return a dict of options for the window.

For familiarity with tmux, the option option param forwards to pick a single option, forwarding to Window.show_window_option().

Parameters:

  • option (str, optional) – show a single option.

  • g (str, optional) – Pass -g flag for global variable, default False.

Return type:

dict

split_window(self, target=None, start_directory=None, attach=True, vertical=True, shell=None, percent=None)[source]#

Split window and return the created Pane.

Used for splitting window and holding in a python object.

Parameters:

  • attach (bool, optional) – make new window the current window after creating it, default True.

  • start_directory (str, optional) – specifies the working directory in which the new window is created.

  • target (str) – target_pane to split.

  • vertical (str) – split vertically

  • shell (str, optional) –

    execute a command on splitting the window. The pane will close when the command exits.

    NOTE: When this command exits the pane will close. This feature is useful for long-running processes where the closing of the window upon completion is desired.

  • percent (int, optional) – percentage to occupy with respect to current window

Return type:

Pane

Notes

tmux(1) will move window to the new pane if the split-window target is off screen. tmux handles the -d the same way as new-window and attach in Session.new_window.

By default, this will make the window the pane is created in active. To remain on the same window and split the pane in another target window, pass in attach=False.

update([E, ]**F) → None.  Update D from mapping/iterable E and F.[source]#

D.update([E, ]**F) -> None. Update D from mapping/iterable E and F. If E present and has a .keys() method, does: for k in E: D[k] = E[k] If E present and lacks .keys() method, does: for (k, v) in E: D[k] = v In either case, this is followed by: for k, v in F.items(): D[k] = v

values() → an object providing a view on D's values[source]#

D.values() -> an object providing a view on D’s values

where(self, attrs, first=False)[source]#

Return objects matching child objects properties.

Parameters:

attrs (dict) – tmux properties to match values of

Return type:

list