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Splitting and Unsplitting Editor Window

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Splitting the editor window divides it into independent panes. You can split the editor window into as many panes as required, each one containing multiple tabs.

Each pane can be allocated vertically or horizontally. Thus, splitting helps create different editor layouts, organize tabs into groups, and edit multiple files simultaneously. For example, you can scroll through a part of a file, having at the same time the possibility to view the lines in its other part.

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Splitting editor tab

To split an editor tab creating a file copy

  1. Switch to the desired tab.
  2. Right-click the tab header and choose Split Vertically or Split Horizontally on the context menu.

To split an editor tab without copying a file

  1. Switch to the desired tab.
  2. Right-click the tab header and choose Move Right or Move Down on the context menu.

Changing splitter orientation

To change splitter orientation

  1. Switch to the desired tab.
  2. Right-click the tab header and choose Change Splitter Orientation on the context menu.

Removing a splitter

To remove splitter

  1. Switch to the desired tab.
  2. Right-click the tab header and choose one of the following commands on the context menu:
    • To remove splitting in the active tab, choose Unsplit.
    • To remove splitting in all the open editor tabs, choose Unsplit All.
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Last modified: 21 March 2017