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Seamless navigation between tmux panes and vim splits

20 mentions on Hacker News by 18 people: 2 stories, 18 comments · first 2013-08-29 · latest 2026-10-19

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  1. I wonder if something similar to this vim plugin exists for emacs: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator . Or you could maybe vibecode one yourself now. I've used it for years to have consistent keybindings for movement across…
    comment by bilalq · 2026-10-19 · in Tmux and Claude Code: Sessions, Send-Keys, and the Ceiling
  2. …very much recommend this vim plugin to seamlessly navigate between tmux panes and neovim windows: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator
    comment by mh-cx · 2024-05-25 · in Tmux is worse-is-better
  3. …as tmux key" with iTerm which I did do for years but I don't recommend it. It's very hacky. [0] https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator
    comment by sodapopcan · 2022-12-11 · in Getting Started with Tmux
  4. Have you tried using https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator ? I use it for using <C-hjkl> to move between window/panes in vim/tmux.
    comment by 91edec · 2022-10-09 · in Leap: Neovim’s Answer to the Mouse
  5. …hard to switch. EDIT: I'm also a tmux user and I can't live without a replacement for this plugin: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator
    comment by rockwotj · 2022-09-30 · in Neovim 0.8 Released
  6. …After that maybe try to do same with AwesomeWM and that would be the ultimate navigation setup. [0] https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator
    comment by zxter · 2021-04-04 · in Get Started with Tmux
  7. Does NeoVim support that out if the box? For regular Vim I'm using https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator .
    comment by bigdict · 2020-12-04 · in A terminal-based workflow for research, writing, and programming
  8. …as seamlessly. I haven't quite gotten around to solving the problem with Hammerspoon[3] yet. [1]: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator [2a]: https://github.com/jwhitley/dotfiles/blob/master/.tmux.conf#... [2b]:…
    comment by saidajigumi · 2020-03-04 · in My new favorite vim/tmux bug (2014)
  9. …it's a different terminal window or a vim split—just that you want to go right (for example). [0] https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator
    comment by dickeytk · 2019-11-01 · in Vim Splits: A Guide to Doing What You Want (2010)
  10. As far as Vim split navigation goes (and especially for those of us using Tmux), check out https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator . It simply allows you to use Ctrl+{h,j,k,l} to navigate across Vim and Tmux splits as if they all…
    comment by goblin89 · 2019-05-28 · in Handy Keymaps in Vim
  11. …it has allowed switching splits to become so thoughtless that it's automatic as I move my eyes. [0] https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator
    comment by scolby33 · 2018-09-06 · in Kitty – a fast, featureful, GPU based terminal emulator
  12. I use iTerm2 and neovim as well and find tmux really beneficial for two reasons: 1. https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator . I use ctrl-h/j/k/l to navigate vim splits, and with vim-tmux-navigator, I can seamlessly move between…
    comment by apazzolini · 2017-11-26 · in A minimalist guide to tmux
  13. > That is what exactly? For me, it is that I have a package like https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator I can seamlessly move across splits in either vim or tmux without worrying which program started the splits.
    comment by tanderson92 · 2017-06-04 · in Differences between Tmux vs Screen (2015)
  14. …nowadays and I've not really missed tmux. The thing I really do miss is vim-tmux-navigator. https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator .
    comment by nicwest · 2016-11-08 · in Benefits of using tmux – streamlining your development environment
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    Vim Tmux Navigator: Seamless navigation between tmux panes and vim splits
    story by tambourine_man · 2016-06-09 · 0 comments
  16. …(Score!) To make navigating Vim and tmux splits more palatable, I highly recommend this plugin: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator
    comment by tommyallen · 2016-03-31 · in Show HN: tmux2html - Render full tmux windows or individual panes as HTML
  17. Holy cow, I'm so dumb. I have "ctrl-(hjkl)" mapped using https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator so I have an extremely easy time navigating between splits in terminal vim. I tried like hell to get "ctrl-(hjkl)" to work in…
    comment by austinpray · 2016-01-26 · in Emacs vs. WebStorm for Node.js Development
  18. …noting that some relevant bits of @mislav's stuff has been packaged up nicely as a Vim plugin: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator I also just noted that @tarruda (of neovim fame) chimed in on @mislav's gist with his own…
    comment by saidajigumi · 2015-05-07 · in Tmux 2.0 released
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    Vim-tmux-navigator: Seamless navigation between tmux panes and vim splits
    story by shawndumas · 2013-11-02 · 0 comments
  20. Wonderful, looks like someone (@mislav and @christoomey) has already shaved this yak for me: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator "Seamless navigation between tmux panes and vim splits" So great. Off to check another random…
    comment by saidajigumi · 2013-08-29 · in Square open-sources its Vim repo, Maximum Awesome