Refresh display after changes to .tmux.conf?

[dpo]

I can't seem to make changes to my ~/.tmux.conf reflected in the theme without closing all tmux sessions and opening a new one. Say I change what's displayed in the status bar of one of the themes provided here. How do you make the change active? Reloading ~/.tmux.conf doesn't do it for me.

[jimeh]

I'm afraid that's a limitation with the customization system at the moment. It only sets values if they're not already defined, allowing customization by setting values before loading the theme. This means reloading the tmux config will not update the theme. Apologies for the lack of documentation around this.

However, I do want to try and come up with a better solution that would allow updating custom theme tweaks without needing to completely restart tmux. So I'll leave this issue open.