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i like the tiling / layout focus

i'm frequently using one tab as a 'reference' while skimming for information in 5+ other tabs, pausing at each one when I find what I need, before I can finally use the product of all the tabs concurrently to finish the thing i'm working on (schematic / layout / datasheet / forum post / github page is a common one)

i would love a way to 'split' a single tab into two so i can keep something on one tab in view while I search for the related info in the new split view, then be able to split one of those new tabs into two, then one of those into two... :)

windows just managed to figure out "drag window to side of screen to tile" (mac still cant do this!) and it's helped a lot, but when you're trying to fill a 21:9 screen with info just to make sure a specific chip register is on the right bus...




eww in emacs can do this. Open desired page, then create a split / new window. It defaults to the same buffer you already had open. Scroll one, and the other stays where it is. If you change the web page, they will both change.


Not a browser, but iTerm2 has this functionality built in. I could see how it would be awesome in a browser.




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