As documented at the beginning of this chapter, multiple Views (main windows) can be open at once.
View>New View creates a new View, or main window.
View>New Plain View creates a new View but without any tool bars or dockable windows. This can be used to open a small window for taking notes and so on.
View>Close View closes the current View. If only one View is open, closing it will exit jEdit, unless background mode is on; see Chapter 2, Starting jEdit for information about starting jEdit in background mode.
View>Split
Horizontally (shortcut: C+2
) splits the
View into two TextAreas, placed above each other.
View>Split
Vertically (shortcut: C+3
) splits the
View into two TextAreas, placed next to each other.
View>Unsplit
Current (shortcut: C+0
) removes the split
containing the current TextArea only.
View>Unsplit All
(shortcut: C+1
) removes all splits from the View.
When a View is split, editing commands operate on the TextArea that has keyboard focus. To give a TextArea keyboard focus, click in it with the mouse, or use the following commands.
View>Go to Previous Text
Area (shortcut: A+PAGE_UP
) shifts
keyboard focus to the previous TextArea.
View>Go to Next Text
Area (shortcut: A+PAGE_DOWN
) shifts
keyboard focus to the next TextArea.
Macros>Interface> Splitpane Grow grows the size of the currently focused TextArea.