Hugomouse on A Scripter's NotesEmacs, scripting and anything text oriented.2026-04-22T08:24:58-04:00Kaushal Modikaushal.modi@gmail.comhttps://scripter.co/tags/mouse/tmux Shift + Mousehttps://scripter.co/tmux-shift-plus-mouse/Kaushal Modi2014-08-28T16:47:46-04:002014-08-28T16:47:46-04:00Using mouse to copy/paste in tmux panes.

I had been missing the “select and middle-click” method for copying and pasting stuff in tmux panes.

Thanks to this post, I learned that I can use the Shift key and bypass tmux’s own copy and paste method.

Key/Mouse Binding Action
Shift + Mouse left button double-click Copies the double-clicked word
Shift + Select using mouse Copies the selection
Shift + Mouse middle button click Pastes the copied text using above method in the tmux pane
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