Enhancement Idea: Combination Horizontal and Vertical Split Screen in Lyx

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 09:32:39PM -0500, Louis Hiener wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> 
> Thanks for replying so quickly!
> 
> Taking your points/questions in reverse order: For my use case, one
> scenario would be to be able to split the main window vertically (into left
> and right halves) with the split being adjustable as it is in Lyx now
> when you select View|Split View Into Left and Right Half. Then, it would be
> great to be able to split either or both of the resulting vertical panes
> horizontally into upper and lower sub-panes, again with the split being
> adjustable as it is now in Lyx when you select View|Split View Into Upper
> and Lower Half.
> As to my working on implementing this myself and submitting a patch I'd be
> willing to try. (However, I'm fairly new to GUI programming, as I work
> mosting in the deeply embedded space) As I would have to learn the Lyx code
> base, and how to implement this feature, I would not have anything for a
> while, so no worries about my submitting a patch any time soon.😁 Thank you
> for your time and consideration.

Thanks for your follow-up and details, Lou! Indeed, it does take a long time to wrap one's head around LyX's code!

Best,
Scott
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