Byobu Window Multiplexer & Keybindings Cheat Sheet

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 10:18:02 +0000

This article covers Byobu Window Multiplexer & Keybindings Cheat Sheet, originally published as a secure GitHub Gist snippet.

Byobu is a suite of enhancements to tmux, as a command line
tool providing live system status, dynamic window management,
and some convenient keybindings:


 F1 * Used by X11 *
 Shift-F1 Display this help
 F2 Create a new window
 Shift-F2 Create a horizontal split
 Ctrl-F2 Create a vertical split
 Ctrl-Shift-F2 Create a new session
 F3/F4 Move focus among windows
 Alt-Left/Right Move focus among windows
 Alt-Up/Down Move focus among sessions
 Shift-Left/Right/Up/Down Move focus among splits
 Shift-F3/F4 Move focus among splits
 Ctrl-F3/F4 Move a split
 Ctrl-Shift-F3/F4 Move a window
 Shift-Alt-Left/Right/Up/Down Resize a split
 F5 Reload profile, refresh status
 Alt-F5 Toggle UTF-8 support, refresh status
 Shift-F5 Toggle through status lines
 Ctrl-F5 Reconnect ssh/gpg/dbus sockets
 Ctrl-Shift-F5 Change status bar's color randomly
 F6 Detach session and then logout
 Shift-F6 Detach session and do not logout
 Alt-F6 Detach all clients but yourself
 Ctrl-F6 Kill split in focus
 F7 Enter scrollback history
 Alt-PageUp/PageDown Enter and move through scrollback
 Shift-F7 Save history to $BYOBU_RUN_DIR/printscreen
 F8 Rename the current window
 Ctrl-F8 Rename the current session
 Shift-F8 Toggle through split arrangements
 Alt-Shift-F8 Restore a split-pane layout
 Ctrl-Shift-F8 Save the current split-pane layout
 F9 Launch byobu-config window
 Ctrl-F9 Enter command and run in all windows
 Shift-F9 Enter command and run in all splits
 Alt-F9 Toggle sending keyboard input to all splits
 F10 * Used by X11 *
 F11 * Used by X11 *
 Alt-F11 Expand split to a full window
 Shift-F11 Zoom into a split, zoom out of a split
 Ctrl-F11 Join window into a vertical split
 F12 Escape sequence
 Shift-F12 Toggle on/off Byobu's keybindings
 Alt-F12 Toggle on/off Byobu's mouse support
 Ctrl-Shift-F12 Mondrian squares
 
/usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt (END)


official site:
http://byobu.co


10 min video tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NawuGmcvKus

Multiplexer on make me: APe

Byobu Window Multiplexer & Keybindings Cheat Sheet