Remember to save and reload after making changes! 1. To do this from within a TMUX session, hit the prefix shortcut (by default Ctrl-b), then type the following proceeded by the enter key: :source-file ~/.nf My essential customizationsĪll of these customizations will be made in your. If you don’t already have this file, go ahead and create it before you get going touch ~/.nfĪfter you edit the config file, TMUX won’t pick up the changes until you manually refresh. nf file found in your home directory (e.g. How to edit your TMUX configurationĬhanging your TMUX settings is as straightforward as editing the.

Nothing too fancy or complicated, just more intuitive shortcuts and workflow improvements (as well as a bonus tip). Well, I’ve scoured the internet (really just Googled and read a bunch of other blog posts) to arrive at my top 3 customizations for TMUX.

You’ve installed TMUX (an essential terminal add-on), but you’re probably wondering why the default configuration is so unintuitive.

Tmux vertical split