Atom - Split Screen

This tutorial shows multiple ways to split editor or screen in an atom editor from a command line in macOS and Windows. Atom editors provides the split screens out of box.

It provides split screen with following features

• Split Up: It splits the new window to upper part of the opened file.
• Split Down : It splits the new pane to lower part of the opened file.
• Split Left: It splits the new window to left part of the opened file.
• Split Right: It splits the new window to Right part of the opened file.
• Close Actie pane: Close the active pane.

There are multiple ways we can split the screen into multiple

• use Right Click on Opened file
• Command Palette
• Shortcut Commands

Atom Editor Split Window screen.

Files opened in the atom editor as a single window or screen by default.

use Right Click on opened file

Following are the steps

• Open the file in atom editor
• Right click on opened file and you have options as given screenshot

Command Palette split Pan

Following are the steps

• Open the file in atom editor

• Open Command Palette wit below shortcut command

  • Ctrl + Shift + P in Windows and Linux
  • ⌘ + Shift + P in MacOS

• It opens Command Palette popup and type Split in search as given below

-And, Select one of the Split option It split the options

Keyboard shortcuts to split windows

Shortcut helps developers with easy of operations.

• Split Up :

  • Ctrl + K with Up Arrow Key in Windows and Linux
  • ⌘ + K with Up Arrow Key in MacOS

• Split Down

  • Ctrl + K with Down Arrow Key in Windows and Linux
  • ⌘ + K with Down Arrow Key in MacOS

• Split Left

  • Ctrl + K with Left Arrow Key in Windows and Linux
  • ⌘ + K with Left Arrow Key in MacOS

• Split Right

  • Ctrl + K with Right Arrow Key in Windows and Linux
  • ⌘ + K with Right Arrow Key in MacOS

• Close Active Pane You can close current active pane using below commands

  • Ctrl + K with Ctrl + W Arrow Key in Windows and Linux
  • ⌘ + K with ⌘ + W Arrow Key in MacOS