[Feature Request] Toggleable Maximize/Zoom Pane to 100% of Window Size #8806

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opened 2026-01-31 01:38:25 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @daviddyball on GitHub (Jun 4, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Coming from the Terminator terminal emulator in Linux, I miss the ability to "zoom" into a specific pane (e.g. If I split my terminal into 3 panes, it's sometimes nice to hide 2 and just have 1 pane taking up the whole available window space).

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Implement a zoomPane command that hides any panes that aren't focused and resizes the focused pane to use 100% available space. Issuing zoomPane again will restore the previous layout.

+--------+--------+          +-----------------+
|        |        |          |                 |
|        |   2    |          |                 |
|        |        |          |                 |
|  [1]   +--------+   +-->   |       [1]       |
|        |        |          |                 |
|        |   3    |          |                 |
|        |        |          |                 |
+--------+--------+          +-----------------+

[x] = focused pane

NOTE: Pane 2 and 3 are still alive, they are just hidden.

Originally created by @daviddyball on GitHub (Jun 4, 2020). # Description of the new feature/enhancement Coming from the Terminator terminal emulator in Linux, I miss the ability to "zoom" into a specific pane (e.g. If I split my terminal into 3 panes, it's sometimes nice to hide 2 and just have 1 pane taking up the whole available window space). # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) Implement a `zoomPane` command that hides any panes that aren't focused and resizes the focused pane to use 100% available space. Issuing `zoomPane` again will restore the previous layout. ``` +--------+--------+ +-----------------+ | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | [1] +--------+ +--> | [1] | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | +--------+--------+ +-----------------+ [x] = focused pane ``` NOTE: Pane `2` and `3` are still alive, they are just hidden.
claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 01:38:26 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#8806