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Name

       kitten-@-detach-window - Detach the specified windows and place them in a different/new tab

Usage

       kitten @ detach-window

Description

       Detach  the  specified  windows  and  either move them into a new tab, a new OS window or add them to the
       specified tab. Use the special value new for --target-tab to move to a new  tab.  If  no  target  tab  is
       specified the windows are moved to a new OS window.

Options

       --match, -m
              The window to match. Match specifications are of the form: field:query. Where field can be one of:
              id,  title, pid, cwd, cmdline, num, env, var, state, neighbor, and recent. query is the expression
              to match. Expressions can be either a number or a regular expression, and can  be  combined  using
              Boolean operators.

              The special value all matches all windows.

              For  numeric  fields:  id,  pid,  num and recent, the expression is interpreted as a number, not a
              regular expression. Negative values for id match from the highest id number down,  in  particular,
              -1 is the most recently created window.

              The  field  num  refers to the window position in the current tab, starting from zero and counting
              clockwise (this is the same as the order in which the windows are reported  by  the  kitten  @  ls
              command).

              The window id of the current window is available as the KITTY_WINDOW_ID environment variable.

              The  field  recent  refers to recently active windows in the currently active tab, with zero being
              the currently active window, one being the previously active window and so on.

              The field neighbor refers to a neighbor of the active window in the specified direction, which can
              be: left, right, top or bottom.

              When using the env field to match on environment variables, you can specify only  the  environment
              variable name or a name and value, for example, env:MY_ENV_VAR=2.

              Similarly, the var field matches on user variables set on the window. You can specify name or name
              and value as with the env field.

              The  field  state  matches  on  the  state  of  the window. Supported states are: active, focused,
              needs_attention, parent_active, parent_focused, self,  overlay_parent.   Active  windows  are  the
              windows that are active in their parent tab. There is only one focused window and it is the window
              to  which  keyboard  events  are  delivered.  If  no window is focused, the last focused window is
              matched. The value self matches the window in which the remote control command is run.  The  value
              overlay_parent  matches  the  window  that  is  under  the self window, when the self window is an
              overlay.

              Note that you can use the kitten @ ls command to get a list of windows.

       --target-tab, -t
              The tab to match. Match specifications are of the form: field:query. Where field can  be  one  of:
              id,  index, title, window_id, window_title, pid, cwd, cmdline env, var, state and recent. query is
              the expression to match. Expressions can be either a number or a regular expression,  and  can  be
              combined using Boolean operators.

              The special value all matches all tabs.

              For  numeric  fields:  id,  index,  window_id,  pid and recent, the expression is interpreted as a
              number, not a regular expression. Negative values for  id/window_id  match  from  the  highest  id
              number down, in particular, -1 is the most recently created tab/window.

              When  using title or id, first a matching tab is looked for, and if not found a matching window is
              looked for, and the tab for that window is used.

              You can also use window_id and window_title to match the tab that contains  the  window  with  the
              specified id or title.

              The index number is used to match the nth tab in the currently active OS window. The recent number
              matches  recently  active  tabs  in  the currently active OS window, with zero being the currently
              active tab, one the previously active tab and so on.

              When using the env field to match on environment variables, you can specify only  the  environment
              variable  name or a name and value, for example, env:MY_ENV_VAR=2. Tabs containing any window with
              the specified environment variables are matched. Similarly, var matches tabs containing any window
              with the specified user variable.

              The field state matches  on  the  state  of  the  tab.  Supported  states  are:  active,  focused,
              needs_attention,  parent_active  and  parent_focused.  Active tabs are the tabs that are active in
              their parent OS window. There is only one focused tab and it is the tab to which  keyboard  events
              are delivered. If no tab is focused, the last focused tab is matched.

              Note  that you can use the kitten @ ls command to get a list of tabs. Use the special value new to
              move to a new tab.

       --self Detach the window this command is run in, rather than the active window.

       --help, -h
              Show help for this command

Global options

       --to   An address for the kitty instance to control. Corresponds  to  the  address  given  to  the  kitty
              instance  via the --listen-on option or the listen_on setting in kitty.conf. If not specified, the
              environment variable KITTY_LISTEN_ON is checked. If that is also not found, messages are  sent  to
              the  controlling terminal for this process, i.e. they will only work if this process is run within
              a kitty window.

       --password
              A password to use when contacting kitty. This will cause kitty to ask the user for  permission  to
              perform the specified action, unless the password has been accepted before or is pre-configured in
              kitty.conf.

       --password-file [=rc-pass]
              A  file  from  which  to  read  the  password.  Trailing whitespace is ignored. Relative paths are
              resolved from the kitty configuration directory. Use - to read from STDIN. Used if  no  --password
              is supplied. Defaults to checking for the rc-pass file in the kitty configuration directory.

       --password-env [=KITTY_RC_PASSWORD]
              The  name  of  an  environment  variable  to read the password from. Used if no --password-file is
              supplied. Defaults to checking the environment variable KITTY_RC_PASSWORD.

       --use-password [=if-available]
              If no password is available, kitty will usually just send the remote  control  command  without  a
              password. This option can be used to force it to always or never use the supplied password.

              Choices: if-available, always, never

0.32.2                                            Jun 25, 2025                         kitten-@-detach-window(1)