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Description
Describe the request
Allow splitting the editor into multiple panes.
🙂 It is helpful to reference the contents of another file or section of the current file while working.
Describe the current behavior
There is only a single editor pane.
🙁 You must scroll up and down through the file to reference the contents of another section of the current file.
🙁 You must switch back and forth between tabs in order to reference the contents of another file.
Arduino IDE version
Operating system
All
Operating system version
All
Additional context
A split editor capability was accidentally introduced via a Theia dependency update, then removed (#940) after it was found to be not fully functional (#552).
This is a common feature in programming editors and IDE's. For example, VS Code has a "Split Editor Right".
Additional Reports
- Split Editor #909 (comment)
- Split Editor #909 (comment)
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/split-for-ide-main-view/695920
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/cant-create-a-split-view-edited/1023920
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/split-and-desk-windows-modes-are-lost/1001269
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/my-wishlist-and-must-haves/938821
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-ide-2-0-x/1062676
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/holy-maccaroni-many-thanks/1033178
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/view-ino-cpp-and-h-tabs-simultaneously/1000105/3
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/switch-between-output-and-serial-monitor-while-uploading/1047727
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/local-remote-git-sketch-handling/1066737
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-1-1-changed-mouseover-functions-and-intellisense/1147729/10
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/help-suggestion-for-the-ide/1175604
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/wishes-for-the-future-ide-updates/1233981
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/undocking-tabs-new-feature/1331666
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/how-to-open-a-second-instance-of-arduino-ide-2-on-mac-os/1369299
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Issue checklist
- I searched for previous requests in the issue tracker
- I verified the feature was still missing when using the latest nightly build
- My request contains all necessary details