---
title: "A better copy-mode bind for Tmux"
description: "The default keybinding for copy-mode is one that is just so awkward for me to hit that I end up not using it at all. I was on a call with my buddy Nic this..."
date: 2022-02-13
published: false
tags:
  - tmux
  - cli
template: til
---


The default keybinding for copy-mode `<prefix>-[` is one that is just so
awkward for me to hit that I end up not using it at all.  I was on a
call with my buddy Nic this week and saw him just fluidly jump into
`copy-mode` in an effortless fashion, so I had to ask him for his
keybinding and it just made sense. Enter, that's it.  So I have addedt
his to my `~/.tmux.conf` along with one for `alt-enter` and have found
myself using it way more so far.

## Setting copy-mode to enter

To do this I just popped open my `~/.tmux.conf` and added the following.
Now I can get to `copy-mode` with `<prefix>-Enter` which is `control-b
Enter`, or `alt-enter`.

```bash
bind Enter copy-mode
bind -n M-Enter copy-mode
```

## More on copy-mode

I have a full video on copy-mode you can find here.

<a href="/tmux-copy-mode/" class="wikilink" data-title="tmux copy-mode" data-description="https://youtu.be/-ypY_-VmBKk" data-date="2021-07-28">tmux copy-mode</a>