---
title: "tmux break-pane"
description: "https://youtu.be/ICL609F2xnc"
date: 2021-07-26
published: true
tags:
  - cli
  - linux
  - tmux
template: blog-post
---


[https://youtu.be/ICL609F2xnc](https://youtu.be/ICL609F2xnc){.youtube-embed}

Break-pane is a handy tmux command when your layout gets too cramped and you
want to just move a split into its own window.  Calling `break-pane` does
exactly that, it creates a `new-window` for you and moves your currently
selected split into that window

Default key binding for `break-pane`

``` bash
bind-key          ! break-pane
```

<a href="/tmux-nav-2021/" class="wikilink" data-title="How I navigate tmux in 2021" data-description="change_speed = (speed) =&gt; [...document.querySelectorAll(&#39;video&#39;)].map(v =&gt; v.playbackRate=v.playbackRate+speed)" data-date="2021-05-11">How I navigate tmux in 2021</a>

> for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post