Ctrl-h/j/k/l pane navigation in tmux conflicts with Atuin

[szcharlesji]

What did you expect to happen?

I used to use fzf to navigate which did not have this problem. When the active pane is running the Atuin, hitting Ctrl-h/j/k/l should move the cursor inside atuin, not switch tmux panes.

What happened?

I’m using vim-tmux-navigator to move between tmux panes with Ctrl-h/j/k/l.

Atuin doctor output

{
  "atuin": {
    "version": "18.5.0",
    "sync": {
      "cloud": true,
      "records": true,
      "auto_sync": true,
      "last_sync": "2025-05-05 0:05:58.312001 +00:00:00"
    },
    "sqlite_version": "3.46.0"
  },
  "shell": {
    "name": "zsh",
    "default": "zsh",
    "plugins": [
      "atuin"
    ],
    "preexec": "built-in"
  },
  "system": {
    "os": "Darwin",
    "arch": "arm64",
    "version": "15.4.1",
    "disks": [
      {
        "name": "Macintosh HD",
        "filesystem": "apfs"
      },
      {
        "name": "Macintosh HD",
        "filesystem": "apfs"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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[adfaure]

Hi, I have the same issue.

Did you find a workaround ?

Thanks.

[szcharlesji]

@adfaure Hi I moved back to fzf lol.

[adfaure]

Thanks, if it can help, I switched to Vim mode. It doesn't solve the shortcut ctrl+{j,k} in tmux pane, but j and k work out of the box.