How to Split Pane?

[kmaustral]

The Split Pane command puts a copy of the note into a new pane. With Vertical Tabs, this just puts a new copy of the note in the sidebar. How can you put a copy of the note in a new pane with Vertical Tabs enabled?

[oxdc]

Hi! You may have enabled the Zen Mode, which would hide inactive splits (panes). Please disable it to see other splits. I recorded a video about how to split the screen and hide & focus with Zen Mode:

zen_mode_usage.mp4

[kmaustral]

Yes, you're right! I'm glad I can keep trying out this promising plugin.

[kmaustral]

Can I confirm that you can't have tabs in a group that are in different panes? If that's not possible now, could it be a feature request?

[oxdc]

@kmaustral Sorry, I am afraid that I didn't fully understand. Could you please provide some annotated screenshots of your desired outcome? That would be really helpful! Thank you!

[kmaustral]

So when you split the screen, the second note ends up in a different group. Is there a way to make it in the same group?

[oxdc]

Is there a way to make it in the same group?

Definitely yes! Simply drag the note (2024-11-07) and drop it in the desired spot! Note that you have enabled automatic tab sorting, which will reorder the tabs as you demand after dropping.

[oxdc]

Here's a demo video for this:

1. You can drag and drop the vertical tab and place it in a desired group;
2. You can drag and drop the vertical tab to the "new group" button to create a new group and place it there;
3. You can drag and drop the native horizontal tab to anywhere you want just as before using Vertical Tabs.

d.d.mp4

[kmaustral]

Thank you for the time you've taken to explain this. What I am asking about is whether it is possible to have tabs from different panes in the same group. Do groups have to be arranged in panes?

I appreciate the complexity of coding all this. If this arrangement is hard-wired into the plugin, I'll find a workaround.

[oxdc]

Do groups have to be arranged in panes?

Yes, this design is intended to make Vertical Tabs in sync with Obsidian's native UI.

If this arrangement is hard-wired into the plugin, I'll find a workaround.

I'm afraid that, in the near future, this is necessary.

whether it is possible to have tabs from different panes in the same group

There's already a FR for sections in groups! Check it out here. I'm working on it and will take some time.

For your request "have tabs from different panes in the same group", I think the best solution would be "Workspaces", which provides further structures. Since the build-in Workspace plugin does not work well, I'll implement a better one in Vertical Tabs.

• Top Level: Session (like Workspace)
• Group (split or pane)
• Section (further splitting within groups)

[Azmoinal]

• Top Level: Session (like Workspace)

• Group (split or pane)

• Section (further splitting within groups)

My vote for this kind of feature. I like the idea to have some sessions to switch between with a specific name for each one.

Honestly speaking I didn't like workspace plugin into obsidian and it doesn't work on mobile.

For my use case, I didn't need to switch between Obsidian panes configurations but just between some sets of tabs related to the argument on which I should work during the day.