The ability to toggle the split direction of a pane #14518

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opened 2026-01-31 04:12:30 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @Rosefield on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Once a pane was split, it would be nice to change the orientation of that split. Having a hotkey to toggle the split orientation of the currently active pane would allow changing how the terminal looks without needing to close and recreate a terminal.
E.G.
Create two panes

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and then swap them to look like

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and vice versa.

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Reference: starred/terminal#14518