tmux in ssh session does not receive ctrl+space prefix #6077

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opened 2026-01-31 00:29:16 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Jan 21, 2020).

Environment

Windows build number: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.418]
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.8.10091.0

Any other software?
Remote Linux machine (Ubuntu 19.10 having ssh-server and tmux installed)

Steps to reproduce

Open Windows Terminal, SSH to the remote Linux machine, start tmux with bellow configuration (in tmux.conf) - this changes the tmux default keyboard prefix from Ctrl+B to Ctrl+Space.

unbind C-b
set-option -g prefix C-Space
bind-key C-Space send-prefix

Expected behavior

Ctrl+Space, % - should split into panes.

Actual behavior

Ctrl+Space, % - it does not register the Ctrl+Space prefix, the terminal types the '%' character.
If the above configuration is commented out and tmux restarted, the default prefix Ctrl+B is registered and works as intended.

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Reference: starred/terminal#6077