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Figure 2.3 Tab group, split vertically. In this view, you can see more lines at once, but most of those
lines scroll off the edge of the window. It's a useful perspective for comparing file structures or
program flow.
In
IDEA
5.0, the ability to split an editor window has been merged with the tab
grouping features. Among other benefits, this allows any file to be a member of
several tab groups simultaneously. When you split the editor window into multi-
ple panes in
IDEA
5.0, you get two exact copies of the current editor window, com-
plete with all the open editor tabs. Previously, these tabs would have been divided
among the two tab groups.
To reflect this change, the term
tab group
has been replaced by the more generic
splitter
designation. Consequently, the menu option names for the splitting oper-
ations have been renamed slightly and moved under the
Window
menu, instead
of
File
. For example,
Split Tab Group Horizontally
is now
Split Horizontally
,
and
Change Tab Groups Orientation
has become
Change Splitter Orientation
.
