How to kill tmux windows from the window list

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When I press Ctrl+b, W, tmux shows the list of all current windows and their panes. How can I kill a window and its panes from within this list view?

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This is a new capability of the choose-tree feature in tmux 2.8. From tmux(1):

Key   Function
Enter Choose selected item
Up    Select previous item
Down  Select next item
x     Kill selected item

So after you've navigated to the right window, press x, then when you are prompted:

Kill window 1?

...press y to accept. This also works for killing individual panes, or even whole sessions.

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In tmux, is it possible to list all panes in all windows

This is an old post, actually this problems was already solved by commit aad4e4d on github page a long ago, use choose-tree (just bind it to a key) to show all panes in all sessions/widows/tabs, it even shows a preview box when you scroll line into one pane from the list, very nice.

Just compile and install tmux from github source code and you can use this feature.

Tmux Tips – How to Change Default New Window Directory

Start tmux as follows:
```
(cd /aaa/bbb; tmux)
```
Now, any new windows (or panes) you create will start in directory /aaa/bbb, regardless of the current directory of the current pane.
If you want to change the default directory once tmux is up and running, use attach-session with -c.

Quoting from the tmux man page for attach-session:
```
-c will set the session working directory (used for new windows)
to working-directory.
```
For example:
- Ctrl+b :
- attach -c /ddd/eee
New windows (or panes) will now start in directory /ddd/eee, regardless of the directory of the current pane.

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