set-the-title-of-a-window.md

Set The Title Of A Window

Kitty, I believe by default, will set the title of the current window to a previous run command.

For instance, I often start out my terminal session by running a tmux command to create or join a tmux session. After this, the title of the window ends up sticking as something like tmux new -s my-project.

Because I switch between various projects, I'd prefer the window title be something more generic. The window title can be manually set. To do this, open a 'New OS Window'—either from the menu or by hitting Cmd-N.

Then run a set-window-title command with kitty.

$ kitty @ set-window-title --match id:1 code

The --match id:1 tells kitty what window to target with this command. Because I only ever keep one window open, the id of that window is always 1. If you're not sure which window id to target, you can list the windows and find the one you are looking for.

$ kitty ls

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