---
title: "tmux fzf session jumper"
description: "https://youtu.be/DkJ9rb85LC0"
date: 2021-08-05
published: true
template: blog-post
---


[https://youtu.be/DkJ9rb85LC0](https://youtu.be/DkJ9rb85LC0){.youtube-embed}

Quickly getting between tmux splits is critical skill for productivity.  You
can get by with `next` or `prev` session for awhile, but if you have more than
about three session you need something a bit more targeted.

## Full Screen selector

I have used this fzf one keybinding for quite awhile,  honestly I did not make
it up, and cannot remember where it came from. It will open up a session picker
in a new full screen window.

``` bash
bind C-j new-window -n "session-switcher" "\
    tmux list-sessions -F '#{?session_attached,,#{session_name}}' |\
    sed '/^$/d' |\
    fzf --reverse --header jump-to-session --preview 'tmux capture-pane -pt {}'  |\
    xargs tmux switch-client -t"

```

## Popup selector

Like with many of my keybindings I have swapped this one out for a popup
version.  It just feels so smooth.

``` bash
bind C-j display-popup -E "\
    tmux list-sessions -F '#{?session_attached,,#{session_name}}' |\
    sed '/^$/d' |\
    fzf --reverse --header jump-to-session --preview 'tmux capture-pane -pt {}'  |\
    xargs tmux switch-client -t"
```

<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

Also check out the full YouTube
[tmux-playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTRNG6WIHETB4reAxbWza3CZeP9KL6Bkr)
to see all of the videos in this series.