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Show tabs side by side in a Split

A Split shows up to four tabs side by side in one window. In the panel, a Split is one row with a tile for each tab.

You’re comparing two laptops on two shop pages and want both in view.

  1. In the panel, select the first tab.
  2. Option-click (Alt-click on Windows and Linux) the second tab’s row.

The two tabs show side by side, the one you were viewing on the left.

  1. In the panel, right-click the tab, then choose Create Split.
  2. In the new pane, choose the tab to show next to it.

⌃+ (Ctrl+Shift+Plus on Windows and Linux) does the same for the tab you’re viewing. On a US keyboard, ⌃+ is Control+Shift+=.

  1. On the page, right-click the link, then choose Open Link in Split View.

The link opens next to the page you’re on.

  • A Split holds up to four tabs. Option-clicking another tab while you view a Split adds it as the rightmost pane, while the Split has room. So does ⌃+, which opens a new pane for you to pick its tab.
  • You can also drag one tab’s row onto the right end of another’s. The row reads Create Split while you’re over that spot. Over a Split’s row it reads Join Split, or Merge Splits when you drag a Split. A narrow panel has no such spot.
  • The new pane lists the tabs of this Workspace that aren’t in a Split.
  • Add to Split in a tab’s menu adds it to a Split in this Workspace that has room.
  • Drag the divider between two panes to resize them. Sval keeps the sizes after a restart, and they sync to your other devices with the Split.
  • Right-click a pane’s tile in the panel for Move Pane Left, Move Pane Right, Rename Split…, Separate, and Close All, which reads Close Both for two tabs. Alt+← and Alt+→ also move the focused pane.
  • Separate turns the Split back into ordinary tabs, in its place.
  • Closing one tab of two separates the other.
  • A Split without a name shows its pages’ titles. Rename Split… gives it a name, and an empty name brings back the titles.
  • In a Peek, Open in split shows the page next to the tab it came from.
  • Panes sit side by side only. There is no top and bottom or grid layout.
  • A tab in a Split can’t be pinned.

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