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Support a grid layout for editors

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Mar 14, 20260 views
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Problem

- VSCode Version: Windows 10 - OS Version: 1.7.0 - insider -- Sorry for the English, I used Google Translator -- Leave even better drag and drop, detecting where we point out the window.(#224, #1749). How does the Atom. I think it's more intuitive.

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75% confidence93% success rate11 verificationsLast verified Mar 14, 2026

Solution: Support a grid layout for editors

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After finally implementing #1749, this is another needed step towards making the workbench as flexible as in other editors (Sublime Text, Atom, vim, Emacs, full Visual Studio - they all support grid layouts). Especially on larger screens, it is very useful to use 2×2 or 1+2 grid layouts. Some people with very large screens tend to use even more crazy layouts, which can be useful when working on pr

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    After finally implementing #1749, this is another needed step towards making the

    After finally implementing #1749, this is another needed step towards making the workbench as flexible as in other editors (Sublime Text, Atom, vim, Emacs, full Visual Studio - they all support grid layouts). Especially on larger screens, it is very useful to use 2×2 or 1+2 grid layouts. Some people with very large screens tend to use even more crazy layouts, which can be useful when working on projects that have multiple related files (e.g. header files in C++).

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    Would be very lovely to have something like this in VS Code!

    Would be very lovely to have something like this in VS Code!

Validation

Resolved in microsoft/vscode GitHub issue #14909. Community reactions: 269 upvotes.

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Last verified Mar 14, 2026

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Alex Chen

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