[idea] break_pane — pull the focused pane out into its own tab

[iuhoay]

idea / problem

No keyboard way to move a pane into its own tab (tmux's break-pane).

requested change

break_pane action: focused pane → new tab, same workspace, focus it.

why you want this

Keeps a keyboard-first flow — spin a pane out the moment it needs its own space,
matching tmux muscle memory.

[iuhoay]

Hi @ogulcancelik, just following up on this proposal. I have a working implementation, but I won’t open a PR without approval. Would this feature fit Herdr’s direction? Happy to adjust or drop it based on your feedback.

[ogulcancelik]

i mainly triage feature requests by the upvotes here, if this gets enough attention i'll consider it

[patrickfeeney03]

Could you think about creating a popout and join panes functionality (native not plugin) that we can override with our custom shortcuts? To be able to know which pane to join back we could just mark it first and then go to where we want to join and press the shortcut. Thanks

[iuhoay]

Update: I've published this as a plugin for anyone who wants the behavior now: https://github.com/iuhoay/herdr-break-pane

herdr plugin install iuhoay/herdr-break-pane