So I've been wondering lately how to have a split screen browser like the Microsoft Edge browser and wondering why none of these browsers are like that. So I right clicked at the top of a window to move it and when I got to the top of the monitor the screen flashed purple and there was an icon at the bottom of the window with the other window that i had open so I clicked on it and the two windows just merged together and I had split screen action just like Microsoft Edge.!!!! I find it pretty cool when you stumble across things.... Yeah so I just wanted to share that with someone that maybe doesn't know... Oh yeah, and I'm using Chromium guys.
Want to share something that I stumble across today
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Condobloke
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right clicked?...was this a separate tab?.....i dont understand the process you went through to bring this "split screen" thingie about
I'm not sure, but they might have meant left-click.
At the top of your browser, in a blank space on the right (near the close button), left-click and hold. The cursor will change if you do it right. You can then drag it to the left or right. You can then do the same thing with another browser (or any window, I think) and drag it to the left. This will split the screen in half with each half being taken up by a new window.
I'm not sure how many DE's support this.
You can also use the "Windows Key". Press and hold it and then press left or right. Do that again with another window and press the opposite arrow. There, you have a split screen. This is supported in Mint, which I know many of you use. Well, at least with Cinnamon.
I don't think this is a default or a standard. Not all DE's are likely to support this but I know some do.
At the top of your browser, in a blank space on the right (near the close button), left-click and hold. The cursor will change if you do it right. You can then drag it to the left or right. You can then do the same thing with another browser (or any window, I think) and drag it to the left. This will split the screen in half with each half being taken up by a new window.
I'm not sure how many DE's support this.
You can also use the "Windows Key". Press and hold it and then press left or right. Do that again with another window and press the opposite arrow. There, you have a split screen. This is supported in Mint, which I know many of you use. Well, at least with Cinnamon.
I don't think this is a default or a standard. Not all DE's are likely to support this but I know some do.
Can you share a screenshot of how that looks?
Yeah so I'm not co signing for edge I was just making a comparison because there's not a split screen option at the top right off the chromium browser like edge. I just so happened to stumble across how to split two screens together. That's all I was trying to do, share that with someone that may have been wondering the same thing. I renounce microsoft edge!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you share a screenshot to show what that looks like?
Condobloke
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That vid is designed for windows?
Aristarchus
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In KDE Plasma open several apps press and hold "Windows" key and press T, manager will ask if you want to arrange windows horizontally or vertically. So any set of opened apps will do. Or (also in KDE Plasma) one can enable Tiling Window manager if needed.
@f33dm3bits was asking what it looked like in post #7, which the video linked to in post #8 shows, so it was a response to try and address his query. My understanding is that the splitting is available across operating systems, although I don't use it myself. I guess there may be differences in the finer details with different desktops
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Condobloke
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Using LM22, I found that hitting ctrl+n bought on a boat load of desktop screens....by the score !
That was not for the faint hearted.
Doesn't work for us in Puppy.....but then I never expected it to. Puppy's "DE" is cobbled together from a ROX-filer extension and a featherweight WM.
I always have 6 'virtual desktops' in my pager. Plenty of spare 'real estate' should I want to run 2 or 3 browsers simultaneously (which I frequently do). 32GB of RAM makes this a breeze, and the Pentium 'Gold' G5400 barely even notices it...
(Some Puppians run anywhere up to 10 or even 12 'virtual desktops'. My half-dozen is quite conservative really!)
Mike.
I always have 6 'virtual desktops' in my pager. Plenty of spare 'real estate' should I want to run 2 or 3 browsers simultaneously (which I frequently do). 32GB of RAM makes this a breeze, and the Pentium 'Gold' G5400 barely even notices it...
(Some Puppians run anywhere up to 10 or even 12 'virtual desktops'. My half-dozen is quite conservative really!)
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Aha ... evidently from your experience there are variations to achieve the split screen!
Thanks @KGIII for the pic in post #14, which was probably all that was necessary for @f33dm3bits inquiry to which I replied in post #8.
However! I've now followed the instruction in the video in post #8 using the palemoon browser, and it worked flawlessly. The two screens did appear after the movement of the browser window, and the crtl+n command after the mouse clicked the top pane in the browser. Can't vouch for other browsers, but it seems like @Condobloke had a different experience, so this split screen may need experimentation in different cases. Seems like a YMMV.
The "test" machine runs debian trixie, dwm with no DE.
Thanks @osprey and @KGIII for responding to what I was asking OP about, kind of disappointing OP didn't bother to respond to my request since they started the topic.
Looks cool but my tiling window manager setup can do that automatically without me having to do any effort for it by just opening a window. You can probably achieve this in some of the most popular DE's, like KDE Plasma and Gnome, with window rules for KDE Plasma and a drag with keybind on Gnome.
userbase.kde.org
help.gnome.org
And both seem to have something a functionality similar to that of a tiling window manager.
help.gnome.org
extensions.gnome.org
extensions.gnome.org
I would find it more useful to use feature like that by your DE or window manager since then you can apply it for all windows and not just your browser.
Looks cool but my tiling window manager setup can do that automatically without me having to do any effort for it by just opening a window. You can probably achieve this in some of the most popular DE's, like KDE Plasma and Gnome, with window rules for KDE Plasma and a drag with keybind on Gnome.
KWin Rules - KDE UserBase Wiki
userbase.kde.org
Move and resize windows
help.gnome.org
And both seem to have something a functionality similar to that of a tiling window manager.
Plasma 6 and 'traditional' window tiling
I was keeping myself on Plasma 5.x until recently. I got so accustomed to the Bismuth window tiling script for KWin that I couldn’t imagine myself updating to Plasma 6.x where Bismuth doesn’t work. Unfortunately (?), one of the recent Debian updates broke Bismuth in Plasma 5.x as well, so I had...
planet.kde.org
Tile windows
help.gnome.org
Forge - GNOME Shell Extensions
extensions.gnome.org
Tiling Shell - GNOME Shell Extensions
extensions.gnome.org
I would find it more useful to use feature like that by your DE or window manager since then you can apply it for all windows and not just your browser.
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That it does it automatically is one of the primary reasons for using a tiling WM? Yes? No? That's the whole 'tiling' part, unless I'm mistaken. Well, one aspect of tiling.
Aristarchus
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No, Plasma 5.x does not require Bismuth or Polonium anymore. See my previous post. Use template, drag Shift window to arrange double click to restore previous window sizeThanks @osprey and @KGIII for responding to what I was asking OP about, kind of disappointing OP didn't bother to respond to my request since they started the topic.
Looks cool but my tiling window manager setup can do that automatically without me having to do any effort for it by just opening a window. You can probably achieve this in some of the most popular DE's, like KDE Plasma and Gnome, with window rules for KDE Plasma and a drag with keybind on Gnome.
KWin Rules - KDE UserBase Wiki
Move and resize windows
And both seem to have something a functionality similar to that of a tiling window manager.
Plasma 6 and 'traditional' window tiling
I was keeping myself on Plasma 5.x until recently. I got so accustomed to the Bismuth window tiling script for KWin that I couldn’t imagine myself updating to Plasma 6.x where Bismuth doesn’t work. Unfortunately (?), one of the recent Debian updates broke Bismuth in Plasma 5.x as well, so I had...planet.kde.orgTile windows
Forge - GNOME Shell Extensions
Tiling Shell - GNOME Shell Extensions
I would find it more useful to use feature like that by your DE or window manager since then you can apply it for all windows and not just your browser.
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Correct, so that you don't have to manage your windows yourself anymore, unless you need to for some specific reason you can switch on that a window has to float instead of tile.
My point was more about that such a functionality is most likely either built into a DE already or that you add the functionality with a plugin, not whether how to do it.
