Temporarily splitting the layout to view multiple files by holding CMD while clicking tabs

[nicholas-ochoa]

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Describe the feature

This is something Sublime Text has that I'd love to see implemented in Zed. For me, it's one of those odd features that I don't think about how often I use it until it's missing and I try to use it.

When there are multiple files open in tabs, I would like the ability to click on an inactive tab while holding down CMD and that tab will display side by side with the current tab in a vertical split layout.

If there are more than two tabs and I CMD+Click a third, it should split equally once again. There is a limit in Sublime (6-7 I think) before it stops opening new tabs.

If I hold CMD and click on an already displayed tab, it should remove that split pane from the view but keep the other already open tabs displayed.

Here is a video of the behavior from Sublime Text:

Screen.Recording.2024-02-15.at.9.24.05.AM.mov

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[cole-miller]

Thanks for the idea! I think this is a better fit for discussions, since we'll want to figure out whether we want this feature and if so how it should be designed.