| C-b | Send the prefix key (C-b) through to the application. |
| C-o | Rotate the panes in the current window forwards. |
| C-z | Suspend the tmux client. |
| ! | Break the current pane out of the window. |
| " | Split the current pane into two, top and bottom. |
| # | List all paste buffers. |
| $ | Rename the current session. |
| % | Split the current pane into two, left and right. |
| & | Kill the current window. |
| ' | Prompt for a window index to select. |
| , | Rename the current window. |
| - | Delete the most recently copied buffer of text. |
| . | Prompt for an index to move the current window. |
| 0 to 9 | Select windows 0 to 9. |
| : | Enter the tmux command prompt. |
| ; | Move to the previously active pane. |
| = | Choose which buffer to paste interactively from a list. |
| ? | List all key bindings. |
| D | Choose a client to detach. |
| [ | Enter copy mode to copy text or view the history. |
| ] | Paste the most recently copied buffer of text. |
| c | Create a new window. |
| d | Detach the current client. |
| f | Prompt to search for text in open windows. |
| i | Display some information about the current window. |
| l | Move to the previously selected window. |
| n | Change to the next window. |
| o | Select the next pane in the current window. |
| p | Change to the previous window. |
| q | Briefly display pane indexes. |
| r | Force redraw of the attached client. |
| s | Select a new session for the attached client interactively. |
| L | Switch the attached client back to the last session. |
| t | Show the time. |
| w | Choose the current window interactively. |
| x | Kill the current pane. |
| { | Swap the current pane with the previous pane. |
| } | Swap the current pane with the next pane. |
| ~ | Show previous messages from tmux, if any. |
| Page Up | Enter copy mode and scroll one page up. |
| Up, Down, Left, Right | Change to the pane above, below, to the left, or to the right of the current pane. |
| M-1 to M-5 | Arrange panes in one of the five preset layouts: even-horizontal, even-vertical, main-horizontal, main-vertical, or tiled. |
| M-n | Move to the next window with a bell or activity marker. |
| M-o | Rotate the panes in the current window backwards. |
| M-p | Move to the previous window with a bell or activity marker. |
| C-Up, C-Down, C-Left, C-Right | Resize the current pane in steps of one cell. |
| M-Up, M-Down, M-Left, M-Right | Resize the current pane in steps of five cells. |