Redesign of IDEA tabs & split
Hi,
I've been programming in Vim for a while and now that I'm doing Java/Android development I'm migrating to the IDEA IDE family. Using IDEA Vim makes me 90% happy. What I really miss is the way Vim handles tabs and splits.
When you create a split in IDEA, it basically creates a new group of tabs. In Vim, it creates a new editor under the same tab. So, in Vim, each tab holds it's own split layout.
I was wondering if it's possible to make that change via Plugin (I believe not, because that seems more of a core IDE thing). If not, I was wondering if this change would be appreciated by the community.
Thanks you.
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A tab in IntelliJ IDE represents an entity that is related to a single (virtual) file. If you intend to create splits for the same file/document inside a tab, it should be possible by creating a custom implementation of FileEditor, which will embed one or more editor instances. To fit multiple files/documents within a single tab would be much less straightforward.
My Idea was to fit multiple files within a single tab. Good to know it's not a simple job, at least it gives me an idea of how hard it would be to keep my fork updated. Thanks!