two line tmux status bar

.tmux.conf

@@ -1,11 +1,32 @@
-#Switch to screen prefix
+# Switch to screen prefix
+# Ctrl-a
 unbind C-b
 set -g prefix C-a
 bind-key b send-prefix
 
+
+set -g base-index 1           # start windows numbering at 1
+setw -g pane-base-index 1     # make pane numbering consistent with windows
+
+setw -g automatic-rename on   # rename window to reflect current program
+set -g renumber-windows on    # renumber windows when a window is closed
+
+set -g set-titles on          # set terminal title
+
+
+## Commonly found settings not 100% sure on the point
+setw -g monitor-activity on
+set -g  visual-activity on
+
 #Double cntl-a goes to last window
 bind-key C-a last-window
 
+# Turn on mouse support
+set-option -g mouse on
+
+bind-key -n C-S-Left swap-pane -t :-
+bind-key -n C-S-Right swap-pane -t :+
+
 #Cntl-a Backspace goes to previous window
 unbind BSpace
 bind BSpace previous-window
@@ -15,25 +36,32 @@ bind % split-window -c "#{pane_current_path}" -h
 bind '"' split-window -c "#{pane_current_path}" -v
 bind c new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"
 
-
 #kill window/server with confirm
 bind-key k confirm kill-window
 bind-key K confirm kill-server
 
-#Status bar
-set -g status-bg cyan
-set-option -g status-justify centre
 
-#Left
+# Status bar
-set -g status-left-length 30
+# Enable two lines for the status bar
-set -g status-left '#[fg=blue]%H:%M %d-%b-%y'
+set-option -g status 2
+set-option -g status-position bottom
 
+# First line: Center (Window List)
+set-option -g status-format[0] '#[align=centre]#{W:#{E:window-status-format} ,#{E:window-status-current-format} }'
 
-set -g status-right '#[fg=blue]#h #[fg=yellow]#(acpi -i)'
+# Second line: Center (Time/Date, ACPI, CPU/Mem, Hostname)
+set-option -g status-format[1] "#[align=centre][#[fg=cyan]%H:%M %d-%b-%y] [#[fg=yellow]#(acpi -b | awk -F', ' '{print $2, $3}')] [#[fg=green,bg=default,bright]#(tmux-mem-cpu-load)] [#[fg=blue]#h]"
 
-#change numbering to start from 1
+# Ensure window list is properly justified
-set -g base-index 1
+set-option -g status-justify centre # Changed to centre
 
+# Background color for status bar (Blue)
+set -g status-bg colour24
+set -g status-fg colour231
+
+# Window list formatting
+set-window-option -g window-status-format '#[fg=colour117,bg=colour24] #I:#W #[fg=colour24,bg=colour24]'
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-format '#[fg=colour16,bg=colour231] #I:#W #[fg=colour24,bg=colour24]'
 
 # Bind function keys to windows
 bind -n F1 select-window -t 1
@@ -56,6 +84,7 @@ neww
 
 #reload tmux config
 bind R source-file ~/.tmux.conf \; display-message "Config reloaded..."
+bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf \; display-message "Config reloaded..."
 
 #vi keybindings
 set -g mode-keys vi
@@ -77,8 +106,4 @@ bind F12 send-keys F12
 # renumber windows after closing one
 set -g renumber-windows on
 
-
+set -g history-limit 50000
-#In order to use this file you can either 
-#####1. Put it in your home folder named .tmux.conf
-##2. Add an alias in your bashrc (or the equivilent file for your shell) for tmux doing tmux -f /location/of/this/file
-##3. Put this file in /etc/ named tmux.conf