Working tmux window styles

that work across environments.

.tmux.conf

@@ -1,105 +1,118 @@
-## make tmux display things in 256 colors
-## Getting italics working correctly in tmux
-## https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/745718
-set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
+#########################################
+# Basic Settings and Prefix
+#########################################
 
-## set scrollback history to 10000 (10k)
-set -g history-limit 10000
+set-option -g prefix C-a  # Set Ctrl-a as the prefix key
+unbind C-b                # Unbind the default Ctrl-b prefix
+set -sg escape-time 1     # Shorten command delay for faster responsiveness
 
-## set Ctrl-a as the default prefix key combination
-## and unbind C-b to free it up
-set -g prefix C-a
-unbind C-b
+#########################################
+# Terminal and Display
+#########################################
 
-## reload ~/.tmux.conf using PREFIX r
+set-option -g default-terminal "tmux-256color" # Force tmux to use 256 colors if supported by the terminal
+
+#########################################
+# History and Indexing
+#########################################
+
+set-option -g history-limit 10000 # Set the scrollback history limit to 10,000 lines
+set-option -g base-index 1        # Start window indexing at 1 (instead of 0)
+set-option -g pane-base-index 1   # Start pane indexing at 1 (instead of 0)
+
+#########################################
+# Key Bindings
+#########################################
+
+# Reload tmux configuration
 bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf \; display "Reloaded!"
 
-## map Vi movement keys as pane movement keys
-bind h select-pane -L
-bind j select-pane -D
-bind k select-pane -U
-bind l select-pane -R
+# Window Management
+bind Tab next-window                       # Cycle to the next window
+bind , command-prompt "rename-window '%%'" # Open a prompt to rename the current window
 
-# resize panes using PREFIX H, J, K, L
-bind -r H resize-pane -L 2
-bind -r J resize-pane -D 2
-bind -r K resize-pane -U 2
-bind -r L resize-pane -R 2
+# Pane Management
+bind | split-window -h     # Split the current window horizontally
+bind - split-window -v     # Split the current window vertically
 
-## PREFIX | to split horizontally
-## PREFIX - to split vertically
-bind | split-window -h
-bind - split-window -v
+# Pane Selection (Vi-style movement)
+bind h select-pane -L      # Select the pane to the left
+bind j select-pane -D      # Select the pane below
+bind k select-pane -U      # Select the pane above
+bind l select-pane -R      # Select the pane to the right
 
-## shorten command delay
-set -sg escape-time 1
+# Pane Resizing
+bind -r H resize-pane -L 2 # Resize the current pane 2 cells to the left (repeatable with -r)
+bind -r J resize-pane -D 2 # Resize the current pane 2 cells down (repeatable with -r)
+bind -r K resize-pane -U 2 # Resize the current pane 2 cells up (repeatable with -r)
+bind -r L resize-pane -R 2 # Resize the current pane 2 cells to the right (repeatable with -r)
 
-## Tab through active windows
-bind Tab next-window
+#########################################
+# Visual Notifications
+#########################################
 
-## Rename window
-bind , command-prompt "rename-window '%%'"
+set-option -g monitor-activity on # Enable monitoring of activity in other windows
+set-option -g visual-activity on  # Enable visual notification of activity in other windows
 
-## ----------------------
-## Status Bar
-## -----------------------
-set -g status on                # turn the status bar on
-set -g status-interval 5               # set update frequencey (default 15 seconds)
-set -g status-justify centre           # center window list for clarity
+#########################################
+# Status Bar
+#########################################
 
-## ----------------------
-## set some pretty colors
-## ----------------------
-## set pane colors - hilight the active pane
-set -g pane-border-style bg=colour0,fg=colour8
-set -g pane-active-border-style bg=colour0,fg=colour2
+set-option -g status on                   # Turn the status bar on
+set-option -g status-interval 5           # Set the status bar update frequency to 5 seconds
+set-option -g status-justify centre       # Justify the window list to the left
 
-## colorize messages in the command line
-set-option -g message-style bg=colour0,fg=colour13
+# Left side of the status bar
+set-option -g status-left-length 70       # Set the maximum length of the left side of the status bar
+set-option -g status-left "#h   ◆"        # Display the hostname on the left, followed by some visual separators
 
-## set window list colors
-setw -g window-status-style fg=colour8,bg=colour0
-setw -g window-status-current-style fg=colour2,bg=colour0,bright
+# Right side of the status bar
+set-option -g status-right-length 60      # Set the maximum length of the right side of the status bar
+set-option -g status-right "S:#S W:#I P:#P | %b %d %H:%M" # Display session name, window index, pane index, and the date/time on the right
 
-## Titles
-set -g set-titles on
-set -g set-titles-string '#H:#S.#I.#P #W #T' # window number,program name, active(or not)
+# Status bar style
+set-option -g status-style bg=#000000,fg=grey # Set the background to default (transparent), foreground color, and brightness
 
-#set inactive/active window styles
-# set -g window-style fg=colour0,bg=colour0
-# set -g window-active-style fg=colour7,bg=colour0
-# -- or --
-# These make tmux transparent again
-set -g window-style bg=default
-set -g window-active-style bg=default
+#########################################
+# Pane Appearance
+#########################################
 
-## Status Bar: color
-set-option -g status-style bg=colour0,fg=colour8,bright 
+set-option -g pane-border-style bg=colour0,fg=colour8        # Style for inactive pane borders
+set-option -g pane-active-border-style bg=colour0,fg=colour2 # Style for the active pane border
 
-## Status Bar: Left - hostname
-set -g status-left-length 70
-set -g status-left "#h"
+#########################################
+# Message Appearance
+#########################################
 
-## Status Bar: Right - Session name, Window & Pane, Date & Time
-set -g status-right-length 60
-set -g status-right "S:#S W:#I P:#P | %Y-%m-%d %H:%M"
+set-option -g message-style bg=default,fg=colour13 # Style for messages displayed in the tmux command line
 
-# set window and pane index to 1 (0 by default)
-set -g base-index 1
-setw -g pane-base-index 1
+#########################################
+# Window Appearance
+#########################################
 
-## visual notification of activity in other windows
-setw -g monitor-activity on
-set -g visual-activity on
+set-window-option -g window-style bg=default         # Default background color for windows
+set-window-option -g window-active-style bg=default  # Background color for the active window
 
-# ----------------------------------
+#########################################
+# Window List Appearance
+#########################################
 
-# ## use send-prefix to pass C-a through to application
-# #bind C-a send-prefix
-# 
-# ## Make the current window the first window
-# bind T swap-window -t 1
-# 
-# set-option -g display-panes-active-colour colour2
-# set-option -g display-panes-colour colour1
-# 
+#set-window-option -g window-status-style fg=blue # Or your preferred inactive style
+#set-window-option -g window-status-format "#[fg=blue] #I:#W#[fg=blue]#{?window_activity_flag,#[fg=yellow bg=default]!,}"
+#set-window-option -g window-status-current-style fg=green,bright
+#set-window-option -g window-status-current-format "#[fg=green,bright]● #I:#W ●#[fg=green]"
+
+# Stolen from https://github.com/mhartington/dotfiles/blob/main/config/tmux/tmux-status.conf
+
+# Not active window
+set-window-option -g window-status-format "#{?window_activity_flag,#[bg=#ffff00 fg=#000000 bold],#[fg=#228b22 bg=default]}#I:#W"
+
+# Active window
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-format "#[bg=default fg=#7cfc00]● #I:#W"
+
+#########################################
+# Window Titles
+#########################################
+
+set-option -g set-titles on                          # Enable automatic window titles
+set-option -g set-titles-string '#H:#S.#I.#P #W #T'  # Format string for window titles (hostname:session.window_index.pane_index window_number window_name)