Allow drag&dropping to create and modify panes #8728

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opened 2026-01-31 01:36:34 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @schuelermine on GitHub (Jun 1, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Currently, dragging a tab allows you to rearrange the tab order.

I suggest that it should also be possible to adjust panes this way. Please see the attached image.

Dragging a tab onto a seam between to panes or near the edge of a tab should create a new pane there and place the tab in there. It should also be possible to swap a tab and a pane by dragging onto the center.

The upper-right example is dubious, as it requires the addition of a draggable icon to every pane. It has been greyed out to clarify this.

pane-rearrangement-illustration-wt-3 edited

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claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 01:36:34 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2020):

So there's already #4587 tracking "Drag & Drop Tabs to create a Pane", but I love these mockups so I'm gonna just move your comment to that thread and continue discussion there. Thanks!

/dup #4587

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2020): So there's already #4587 tracking "Drag & Drop Tabs to create a Pane", but I love these mockups so I'm gonna just move your comment to that thread and continue discussion there. Thanks! /dup #4587
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 2, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#8728