Split Screen Area (New)

The current version of the area-splitting tool used by the Split pie (Blender 3.0 and newer). Call it once to open an editor of the chosen type beside the current area; call it again to close that editor, wherever it is on the screen. Editor settings are saved on close and restored on reopen.

Hotkey: Not bound directly — use the Split pie, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S.

Options

• Which area to create and which UI to enable — the editor type of the new area.
• Position — Left, Right, Top or Bottom.
• Area split factor — size of the new area (0.05–1.0), configured per pie slot in Preferences › iOps › Split Pie Layout.

Tips

• In a maximised area the call exits fullscreen instead of splitting.
• If a matching editor is already open anywhere on the screen, it is closed rather than duplicated.