{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/5866","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/5866/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/5866/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/5866/events","html_url":"https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/5866","id":60007409,"number":5866,"title":"Close tab after split or Allow independent editing","user":{"login":"tylerFowler","id":5419372,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5419372?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/tylerFowler","html_url":"https://github.com/tylerFowler","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tylerFowler/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tylerFowler/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tylerFowler/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tylerFowler/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tylerFowler/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tylerFowler/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tylerFowler/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tylerFowler/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/tylerFowler/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-03-05T20:01:42Z","updated_at":"2015-03-06T14:44:29Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Perhaps this was a conscious design choice, but I feel like it would be better to close a tab after you've split it to the right/left/whatever. So, for example, if I have `myfile.coffee` open and I choose 'Split Right' then the original one on the left should be closed.\r\n\r\n#### OR\r\n\r\nAn alternate suggestion would be to just allow dual editing in the same file. In the current state of Atom, if you have the same file opened in two different tabs and they are scrolled to different positions, when you make a change in, say, the left one then the right one will automatically scroll to the position of the change. It's a somewhat common use case for me to reference the top of one file while editing the bottom of it (for things like say checking method signatures).\r\n\r\nThoughts?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/comments/77569271","html_url":"https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/5866#issuecomment-77569271","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/5866","id":77569271,"user":{"login":"izuzak","id":38924,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/38924?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak","html_url":"https://github.com/izuzak","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/izuzak/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":true},"created_at":"2015-03-06T14:44:29Z","updated_at":"2015-03-06T14:44:29Z","body":"> In the current state of Atom, if you have the same file opened in two different tabs and they are scrolled to different positions, when you make a change in, say, the left one then the right one will automatically scroll to the position of the change.\r\n\r\nYeah, I can't reproduce that either. Can you reproduce this behavior in the latest version of Atom (0.186.0) in [safe mode](https://github.com/atom/atom/blob/master/docs/debugging.md#check-if-the-problem-shows-up-in-safe-mode)?\r\n\r\n> Perhaps this was a conscious design choice, but I feel like it would be better to close a tab after you've split it to the right/left/whatever. So, for example, if I have myfile.coffee open and I choose 'Split Right' then the original one on the left should be closed.\r\n\r\nThere's already an issue to track this request: https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/4738. Can you add a comment to that issue and follow it for updates?"}}