Holy hell I finally got the clipboard to work like I want. Save Save Save

.tmux.conf

# (‑●‑●)> dual licensed under the WTFPL v2 license and the MIT license,
#         without any warranty.
#         Copyright 2012— Gregory Pakosz (@gpakosz).
# /!\ do not edit this file


# -- general -------------------------------------------------------------------
setw -g xterm-keys on
set -s escape-time 10                     # faster command sequences
set -sg repeat-time 600                   # increase repeat timeout
set -s focus-events on

#---mouse----working!!!-------
set -g mouse on
# highlight & hit {enter} to copy to clipboard
bind -T copy-mode-vi Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "xclip -i -f -selection primary | xclip -i -selection clipboard"
# highlight & simply let go to copy to clipboard
bind -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd1Pane send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "xclip -se c -i"

# keep the super basic session handling just in case i want it some time
set -g prefix2 C-a                        # GNU-Screen compatible prefix
bind C-a send-prefix -2
set -g default-command /usr/bin/zsh
set -g default-shell /usr/bin/zsh

# reload configuration
bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf \; display '~/.tmux.conf sourced'

# create session
bind C-c new-session

# turn off status bar since idgaf about session switching
set -g status off

# -- buffers --who knows what this is, leave it i guess--------------------------

bind b list-buffers  # list paste buffers
bind p paste-buffer  # paste from the top paste buffer
bind P choose-buffer # choose which buffer to paste from

# -- 8< --------------------------------bug workaround i guess?------------------

run 'cut -c3- ~/.tmux.conf | sh -s _apply_configuration'