Side-by-side file editing

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Side-by-Side File Editing
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You initiate side-by-side file editing by using the "Split Workspace" commands of the View menu. These commands add a second set of editor tabs to achieve a layout such as the following:
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You can also show two files side-by-side one above the other (horizontally aligned).

You can add tabs to the secondary tab set in a number of ways:
·     Drag&drop tabs from the primary tab set (works in the opposite direction).
·     Open files while the secondary tabs is active.
·     Use the Recent Files menu while the secondary tab set is active.
·     Use the context menu of the secondary tab set to create new modules.

When you hide the secondary editor tab set all contained tabs are moved to the primary tab set. If you just want to maximize the editing space of the primary tab set you can temporarily hide the secondary tabs by double-clicking the handle of the splitter between the two tab sets.  You can later restore the previous layout by double-clicking the handle of the splitter again.

The layout of the secondary workspace and the contained tabs are persisted across PyScripter invocations.