# pane.Pane.select

- **Module:** pane
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** TypeScript
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ts/blob/073b9d7dedad900bff6f5ec0ea47794e40225870/packages/libtmux/src/pane.ts#L509
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ts/latest/reference/pane-pane-select/

```
select(): Promise<void>
```

Make this pane active in its window.

## Examples

```ts
await pane.select();
```

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `select`.

- [`select-pane`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/select-pane/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_select_pane_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_select_pane_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_select_pane_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-select-pane-c-cmd_select_pane_exec/) (function)

## In other ports

Make a pane active

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Pane.select`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/) (method) |
| Ruby | [`LibTmux::Pane#select`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/) (method) |
| Lua | [`libtmux.Pane:select`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/) (method) |
| Rust | [`pane.Pane.select`](/en/rs/latest/reference/pane-pane-select/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Pane.Select`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-pane-select/) (method) |
| Java | [`io.github.libtmux.Pane.select`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-pane-pane-select/) (method) |
| C# | [`LibTmux.Pane.SelectAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-selectasync/) (method) |
| C++ | [`libtmux::Pane::select`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-pane-select/) (method) |
| Swift | [`Server.select(_:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-select(_-)/) (method) |

No equivalent is recorded in PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Kotlin, Scala or F#.