feat: Key bindings for windows and panes management

.config/tmux/mdsanima.tmux.conf → .config/tmux/mdsanima.conf

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2023-2024 MDSANIMA DEV. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT license.
 
-# This is a tmux custom session configuration settings for my Home Labs hosts
+# This is a tmux custom session configuration settings for my home labs hosts
 # like Raspberry Pi, nVidia Jetson Nano, Oracle Cloud, and other providers.
 
-# For launch this configuration, type `tmux source-file mdsanima.tmux.conf` in
-# the terminal and then connect to the session, type `tmux attach -t mdsanima`.
+# For launch this configuration, type `tmux source-file mdsanima.conf` in the
+# terminal and then connect to the session, type `tmux attach -t mdsanima`.
+# Or if you are on tmux already just type `tmux source mdsanima.conf` to load.
 
 # Uncomment the ssh options if you want to connect for the host.
 

.tmux.conf → .config/tmux/tmux.conf

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT license.
 
 # This is a tmux base global configuration settings for my home lab hosts and
-# is simple as possible. Other custom configuration file is located on this
-# repository in this `./.config/tmux/mdsanima.tmux.conf` file location.
+# is simple as possible. Check out the other custom configuration files.
 
 
 # Set a new prefix key
@@ -14,55 +13,60 @@ bind ` send-prefix
 set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
 set-option -sa terminal-overrides ",st-256color:RGB"
 
-# Adding more scroll history in the buffer
+# More scroll in the buffer and messages duration to 4s
 set -g history-limit 100000
+set -g display-time 4000
 
-# Enable vim moiton support
+# Enable vim moiton and full mouse support
 set -g mode-keys vi
-
-# Enable full mouse support
 set -g mouse on
 
-# Window titles get renamed automatically
-set -g automatic-rename on
-
-# Window index numbers get reordered on delete
-set -g renumber-windows on
-
 # Windows and panes index start at 1, not 0
 set -g base-index 1
 set -g pane-base-index 1
+set -g automatic-rename on
+set -g renumber-windows on
+
+# Status bar configuration
+set -g status-position top
+set -g status-interval 5
+set -g status-left-length 0
+set -g status-right-length 0
+
+# Custom host name and clock
+set -g status-right "#[fg=colour202]#H #[default]⌚ %H:%M:%S"
 
 # Custom color options
 set -g status-style fg=colour197
 set -g window-status-current-style fg=colour39
 set -g pane-border-style fg=colour240
 set -g pane-active-border-style fg=colour39
 
-# Move status bar to the top
-set -g status-position top
-
-# Custom host name and clock on the status bar
-set -g status-right "#[fg=colour202]#H #[default]⌚ %H:%M:%S"
+# Unbind default prefix
+unbind C-b
 
-# Status bar length
-set -g status-left-length 0
-set -g status-right-length 0
+# ALT+R => Reload tmux.conf does not reset current config
+bind-key -n M-r source-file ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf \; display-message "Config reloaded..."
 
-# Unbind default keys for prefix and split panes
-unbind C-b
-unbind '"'
-unbind %
+# ALT+J => New window
+bind-key -n M-j new-window
 
-# Reload the tmux configuration
-bind-key r source-file ~/.tmux.conf
+# ALT+H or ALT+L => Select window to the left or the right
+bind-key -n M-h select-window -t :-
+bind-key -n M-l select-window -t :+
 
-# Key bindings for split panes vertical and horizontal
-bind-key b split-window -v
-bind-key v split-window -h
+# ALT+B or ALT+V => Split window and set path as the current directory
+bind-key -n M-b split-window -v -c "#[pane_current_path]"
+bind-key -n M-v split-window -h -c "#[pane_current_path]"
 
-# Key bindings for move around panes with alt + arrow keys
-bind-key -n M-Up select-pane -U
-bind-key -n M-Down select-pane -D
+# ALT+Arrow keys => Switch panes
 bind-key -n M-Left select-pane -L
+bind-key -n M-Down select-pane -D
+bind-key -n M-Up select-pane -U
 bind-key -n M-Right select-pane -R
+
+# CTRL+Vim style => Switch panes
+bind-key -n C-h select-pane -L
+bind-key -n C-j select-pane -D
+bind-key -n C-k select-pane -U
+bind-key -n C-l select-pane -R