AFAIK there are tmux 'windows' which are like tabs and 'panes' which are vertical and horizontal splits in 1 tmux window but assuming you mean 'panes', it seem

AFAIK there are tmux 'windows' which are like tabs and 'panes' which are vertical and horizontal splits in 1 tmux window but assuming you mean 'panes', it seems you can: Ctrl-b o to move around the current window's panes clockwise. Although I prefer inputing a given direction like the other replier suggested with arrow keys. For me moving between windows and panes is something that I do a lot. So much so that I removed the need to use the 'tmux prefix' to do so. In my ~/.tmux.conf I have for window and pane switching: # set pane switching with <alt>{U, E, N, I} for up, down, left, right and respectively without needing prefix bind -n M-N select-pane -L bind -n M-I select-pane -R bind -n M-U select-pane -U bind -n M-E select-pane -D # set window switching without needing prefix bind -n M-a select-window -t :1 bind -n M-r select-window -t :2 bind -n M-s select-window -t :3 bind -n M-t select-window -t :4 bind -n M-d select-window -t :5 bind -n M-h select-window -t :6 You can just replace the keybindings I chose like M-a (alt-a) to something that works for you. If you want to keep using a prefix (incase you are worried the keybindings will clash with other program/system bindings), remove the '-n' flag. Hope that helps. If it doesn't here is a tutorial I found from a google search: http://blog.hawkhost.com/2010/06/28/tmux-the-terminal-multiplexer/ http://blog.hawkhost.com/2010/06/28/tmux-the-terminal-multip... and IMO a really good book on Tmux if you decide to dive in more: http://www.amazon.com/tmux-Productive-Mouse-Free-Development-ebook/dp/B00A4I3ZVY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364581708&sr=8-1&keywords=tmux http://www.amazon.com/tmux-Productive-Mouse-Free-Development...