# New window with prompt

For the longest time, I've hade the following binding in my `tmux.conf`:

```
bind c new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}" \; command-prompt -p " Window name:" -I "#{window_name}" "rename-window '%%'"
```

A new window is created, using the same path as my current pane, and I'm presented with a prompt to give the window a meaningful name, with the default being 'zsh'. This is great when I need another window for the project I'm working on, but falls a little short when I want to navigate to a new project.

I frequently use [`z`](https://github.com/rupa/z) with [`fzf`](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) to navigate to project directories. When opening a window for a separate project, I end up going through these steps:

* Hit `prefix + c`
* Type the name of the project (to name the window)
* Type `z <project name>` to navigate to the project directory

I want to eliminate the need to type the project name twice and came up with this mapping:

```
bind z new-window \; command-prompt -p " Window name:" "rename-window '#{?#{!=:%1,''},%1,zsh}' \; send-keys z ' %1' C-m"
```

Here, we're reading the project name with `command-prompt`, using the input as the window name (unless it's blank, in which case we use a format conditional to substitute 'zsh' as a default name). The input is also used in a send-keys command to execute `z` when the shell loads, navigating to the project directory.


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