When you type a search term in copy mode, is there a way to erase the search term with something like CTRL-U?

Question

I enter into copy mode and do a search of the tmux window buffer with /. This works great, except when I want to do a second search, the original search term appears at the search prompt and I have to erase it by pressing and holding down the DELETE key. CTRL-U doesn't seem to clear the line. Is there a faster way to clear the search term than DELETE?

Answer 1

Since you mention using / for searching, I will assume you are using vi-mode keys. The default vi-edit key table does not bind C-u (it is bound to delete-line in the emacs-edit key table).

You can bind it manually (e.g. in your .tmux.conf, or after <prefix>:):

bind-key -t vi-edit C-u delete-line