tmux set -g mouse-mode on doesn t work

Question

I ve been looking around and people say that putting   set -g mouse-mode on   should let you scroll through the terminal output when running tmux  However  after both putting this in my    tmux conf file and saying tmux set -g mouse-mode on when in a tmux session  nothing changes  When I scroll I still get outside of tmux like scrolling in vim with default settings   Anyone know why this is

User · Accepted Answer

So this option has been renamed in version 2.1 (18 October 2015)

From the changelog:

 Mouse-mode has been rewritten.  There's now no longer options for:
    - mouse-resize-pane
    - mouse-select-pane
    - mouse-select-window
    - mode-mouse

  Instead there is just one option:  'mouse' which turns on mouse support

So this is what I'm using now in my .tmux.conf file

set -g mouse on

User · Answer

Paste here in    tmux conf  set -g mouse on   and run on terminal  tmux source-file    tmux conf

User · Answer

Try this  It works on my computer   set -g mouse on

User · Answer

As  Graham42 said  from version 2 1 mouse options has been renamed but you can use the mouse with any version of tmux adding this to your    tmux conf   Bash shells   is pre 2 1       tmux -V   cut -d    -f2   lt  2 1     amp  amp  echo true    echo false  if-shell   is pre 2 1   setw -g mode-mouse on  set -g mouse-resize-pane on         set -g mouse-select-pane on  set -g mouse-select-window on   set -g mouse on    Sh  Bourne shell  shells   is pre 2 1  tmux -V   cut -d    -f2   awk   print   0  lt  2 1     true     false     if-shell   is pre 2 1   setw -g mode-mouse on  set -g mouse-resize-pane on         set -g mouse-select-pane on  set -g mouse-select-window on   set -g mouse on    Hope this helps

User · Answer

this should work   setw -g mode-mouse on   then resource then config file   tmux source-file    tmux conf   or kill the server

User · Answer

You can still using the devil logic of setting options depending on your current Tmux version  see my previous answer   But since Tmux v1 7  set-option adds  -q  to silence errors and not print out anything  see changelog    I recommend to use this feature  it s more readable and easily expandable   Add this to your    tmux conf     from v2 1 set -gq mouse on   before v2 1 set -gq mode-mouse on set -gq mouse-resize-pane on set -gq mouse-select-pane on set -gq mouse-select-window on   Restar tmux or source-file your new  tmux conf    Side note  I m open to remove my old answer if people prefer this one

User · Answer

As  Graham42 noted  mouse option has changed in version 2 1  Scrolling now requires for you to enter copy mode first  To enable scrolling almost identical to how it was before 2 1 add following to your  tmux conf   set-option -g mouse on    make scrolling with wheels work bind -n WheelUpPane if-shell -F -t      mouse any flag    send-keys -M   if -Ft     pane in mode    send-keys -M   select-pane -t   copy-mode -e  send-keys -M   bind -n WheelDownPane select-pane -t     send-keys -M   This will enable scrolling on hover over a pane and you will be able to scroll that pane line by line   Source  https   groups google com d msg tmux-users TRwPgEOVqho Ck oth SDgAJ

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Just a quick heads-up to anyone else who is losing their mind right now   https   github com tmux tmux blob 310f0a960ca64fa3809545badc629c0c166c6cd2 CHANGES L12  so that s just    setw -g mouse

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