Tmux uses the scroll to find the history commands which bothers me too much. How to disable this function? I have tried to use "set mouse on", but it gives me another problem. I just want to disable my mouse all the time, with the scroll leaves its original usage.
2 Answers
Tmux no longer has multiple options for mouse mode, there is just mouse on or off (assuming a recent version of tmux).
If you want to use the mouse, including the scroll wheel, for anything except scrolling history, mouse mode must be on (set -g mouse on). Turning on the mouse should not prevent you from not using your mouse to accomplish things; the default tmux key functionality remains.
4 Comments
Tresser
in fact, I'm using mintty in windows. If I turn on the mouse in tmux.conf, the copy and paste function looks like being disabled. I want to use right click and copy the text I choose, but it doesn't work. How to fix the problem like this?
jeremysprofile
does this answer work for you? I've never used mintty. If it does not, this question stops remotely resembling a StackOverflow question and should be submitted on SuperUser
Tresser
No, it doesn't. Actually, I learn that I have to set "set -g mouse on" to scroll up and down. Besides, If I copy and paste from the screen buffer, I have to press the SHIFT key to finish the work, which bothers me a lot.
Sridhar Sarnobat
This does not work with iTerm.
If you are using iterm2 or similar terminal, just uncheck the following functionality.
Scroll wheel sends arrow keys when in alternate screen mode.
