๐Ÿ“˜ Byobu

๐Ÿ“˜ Byobu#

Overview

byobu

Byobu is an open source text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer [1].


[1]: ๐Ÿ™ Absolutely essential ! ๐Ÿซถ

Keyboard map#

../_images/byobu-keyboard.webp

byobu-keyboard#

Keybindings#

Shift-F1

Display the help page

F2

Create a new window

Shift-F2

Create a horizontal split

Ctrl-F2

Create a vertical split

Ctrl-Shift-F2

Create a new session

F3|F4

Move focus among windows

Alt-โ†|โ†’

Move focus among windows

Alt-โ†‘|โ†“

Move focus among sessions

Shift-F3|F4

Move focus among splits

Ctrl-F3|F4

Move a split

Shift-โ†‘|โ†“|โ†|โ†’

Move focus among splits

Ctrl-Shift-F3|F4

Move a window

F5

Reload profile, refresh status

Alt-F5

Toggle UTF-8 support, refresh status

Shift-F5

Toggle through status lines

Ctrl-F5

Reconnect ssh/gpg/dbus sockets

Ctrl-Shift-F5

Change status barโ€™s color randomly

F6

Detach session and then logout

Shift-F6

Detach session and do not logout

Alt-F6

Detach all clients but yourself

Ctrl-F6

Kill split in focus

F7

Enter scrollback history

Alt-โ‡ž|โ‡Ÿ

Enter and move through scrollback

Shift-F7

Save history to $BYOBU_RUN_DIR/printscreen

F8

Rename the current window

Ctrl-F8

Rename the current session

Shift-F8

Toggle through split arrangements

Alt-Shift-F8

Restore a split-pane layout

Ctrl-Shift-F8

Save the current split-pane layout

F9

Launch byobu-config window

Ctrl-F9

Enter command and run in all windows

Shift-F9

Enter command and run in all splits

Alt-F9

Toggle sending keyboard input to all split

Shift-F11

Zoom into a split, zoom out of a split

Ctrl-F11

Join window into a vertical split

F12

Escape sequence

Shift-F12

Toggle on/off Byobuโ€™s keybindings

Alt-F12

Toggle on/off Byobuโ€™s mouse support

Ctrl-Shift-F12

Mondrian squares

Tip

Alt-insert to paste the scrollback modeโ€™s copy.

Mondrian squares#

../_images/byobu_mondrian_style.webp

Ctrl-Shift-F12 Mondrian squares#