iTerm2 swap panes keyboard shortcut

Question

The option for swapping between panes is only available through the menu button but I can't see any action to bind to this action. Is there and in built command that allows to swap panes?

Thank you @solr for bringing the newer response to our attention. I will update the correct answer appropriately. — tushar, Jan 20 '21 at 08:13

chrisxrobertson · Answer 1 · 2017-02-22T05:51:07.070

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If you mean switching focus between panes:

⌘ + ⌥ + ← and ⌘ + ⌥ + →

or

⌘ + [ and ⌘ + ]

If you mean swapping the positions of the panes, it can only be done from the right-click menu:

Right-click pane to swap from, it turns red
Click on pane to swap to

There is no keyboard shortcut for this according to gitlab issue

edited Feb 22 '17 at 05:51

answered Feb 22 '17 at 05:20

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I mean the last one. Keyboard shortcut for dragging the pane to new position. Would be nice feature to have – tushar Feb 22 '17 at 06:18
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swap pane with other session is what I was looking for, thank you. switch positions of existing split panes. – Merlin Dec 19 '17 at 23:21
@chrisxrobertson thanks was looking for this for awhile. – intercoder Aug 13 '18 at 05:18

Yonti · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-04T19:30:03.153

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Correction for the second part of the selected answer:

If you mean swapping the positions of the panes, it can only be done from the right-click menu:

Right-click pane to swap from, it turns red

Click on pane to swap to There is no keyboard shortcut for this according to gitlab issue

You can set it on your own.
Go to iTerm2->Prefrences->Keys.
On the bottom you will find a plus sign - press it to add a keyboard shortcut.
You can choose from a variety of actions - including "swap position with split screen".

edited Sep 04 '20 at 19:30

answered Apr 04 '20 at 19:23

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Upvoted, this is the answer OP was looking for. – solr Jan 19 '21 at 13:57

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