How to move between tmux panes?
Short answer
tmux select-pane -L # focus the pane to the left (-R right, -U up, -D down)
tmux select-pane -t :.+ # focus the next pane in order, wrapping aroundFrom the keyboard, prefix then an arrow key moves the focus in that direction. prefix o
cycles to the next pane and wraps around. prefix q overlays a number on each pane; type it to
jump straight there.
Details
The arrow binds are repeatable (-r), so after one prefix you can keep tapping arrows within
the repeat timeout to walk across panes without pressing the prefix again. Directional moves pick
the neighbour in that direction based on the layout, which is what you want when you can see where
you are going.
prefix o runs select-pane -t :.+, stepping to the next pane in index order and looping back to
the first after the last. It ignores the visual layout, so it is the fastest way to touch every
pane in turn.
prefix q runs display-panes: each pane shows a large number, and pressing that digit focuses
the pane. The overlay stays up for display-panes-time, 1000 ms by default, so raise that option
if you need longer to read the numbers. The digits are the pane indexes, which start at 0 unless
you set pane-base-index 1.
To bounce back to the pane you just left, prefix ; toggles the last active pane, the pane-level
twin of prefix l for windows.
Verified on tmux 3.2a: from a pane at the left edge, select-pane -R moves focus to the right
column and select-pane -D to the pane below; select-pane -t :.+ cycles through all panes and
returns to the first.