Tmux on @yt.yeasin50

Tmux Config Basics

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0600

This post covers basic tmux configuration, enabling mouse support, changing pane key bindings, reloading the tmux config, and adjusting window and pane index settings.

You can checkout my config file

# Change prefix key to Ctrl + a
unbind C-b
set -g prefix C-a
bind C-a send-prefix

# Enable mouse support
set -g mouse on

# Enable Vim-style copy mode
setw -g mode-keys vi
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi v send -X begin-selection
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi y send -X copy-selection-and-cancel
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi Escape send -X cancel
bind -n M-v copy-mode

# Vim-style pane navigation
bind h select-pane -L
bind j select-pane -D
bind k select-pane -U
bind l select-pane -R

# Reload tmux config without restarting
bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf

# Create a new window in the current directory
bind c new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"

# Split panes in the current directory
bind | split-window -h -c "#{pane_current_path}"
bind - split-window -v -c "#{pane_current_path}"

# Unbind default split keys
unbind '"'
unbind %

Tmux Plugins

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0600

Make it look better and Must have plugins for 10x dev.

Check the GitHub Dotfiles

 1# .... previouse configs
 2
 3set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
 4set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
 5set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'
 6set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-yank'
 7
 8set -g @plugin 'dracula/tmux'
 9set -g @dracula-show-powerline true
10set -g @dracula-plugins "cpu-usage ram-usage"
11set -g @dracula-show-gpu false
12
13run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm' # your tmp path
14
15set-option -g base-index 1
16set-option -g pane-base-index 2
17set-option -g set-clipboard on
18
19bind -n M-Left select-pane -L
20bind -n M-Right select-pane -R
21bind -n M-Up select-pane -U
22bind -n M-Down select-pane -D
23
24set -g status-position top

Selection & Copy-Paste in TMUX

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0600

How can we copy and paste text in TMUX?

Check the GitHub Dotfiles

We are using the tmux-yank plugin from the previous video.

To select text:

Press Ctrl + b to enter TMUX command mode.
Move the cursor to the start of the text you want to select.
Press Space to start the selection.
Move the cursor to the end of the text.
Press y to copy the selection to the system clipboard.

Or just drag the mouse to select text and press y to copy