Tab Shifter

Tab Shifter is a plugin for IntelliJ IDEA with a bunch of actions to move tabs between editor splitters and resize splitters. Actions are added to Main Menu -> Window -> Tab Shifter.

MacOS shortcuts:

• ctrl + alt + ] - move tab to the right splitter (or create a new one if it's the rightmost splitter)
• ctrl + alt + [ - move tab to the left splitter
• ctrl + alt + P - move tab to the splitter above
• ctrl + alt + ' - move tab to the splitter below (or create a new one if it's the bottom splitter)
• alt + shift + [ - stretch splitter left
• alt + shift + ] - stretch splitter right
• alt + shift + = - equal size splitter
• alt + shift + M - maximize/restore splitter

Linux/Windows shortcuts:

• alt + shift + ] - move tab right
• alt + shift + [ - move tab left
• alt + shift + P - move tab up
• alt + shift + ' - move tab down
• ctrl + alt + [ - stretch splitter left
• ctrl + alt + ] - stretch splitter right
• ctrl + alt + = - equal size splitter
• alt + shift + M - maximize/restore splitter

To move focus between splitters:

• ctrl + alt + shift + ] - right
• ctrl + alt + shift + [ - left
• ctrl + alt + shift + P - up
• ctrl + alt + shift + ; - down
• ctrl + alt + . - recommended binding for the built-in Goto Next Splitter action

Of course, all the shortcuts can be changed in IDE Settings -> Keymap.

Why?

The main motivation for this plugin is to have an action which moves the current tab to the next split window (if there was no split window, create a new one). See this issue on youtrack.

There are built-in actions to split and move tabs (see Main Menu -> Window -> Editor Tabs) but, unfortunately, they don't do the right thing. In particular:

• Split Vertically/Horizontally duplicates the current tab in the new split.
• Split and Move Right/Down always splits the current window (even if there is already split window in the specified direction) and has no symmetric actions to move left/up (instead, you have to unsplit).

Credits

Plugin idea by Sandro Mancuso at SoCraTes UK 2013. Initially created using LivePlugin.