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Split panes and windows

Split view

Section titled “Split view”

Split view shows two open tabs side by side, for example two versions of a configuration file.

To split, hover over another tab in the tab bar and select Open beside the active tab. You can also choose View → Split with Next Tab, which pairs the active tab with the tab after it. Both need at least two open tabs.

In split view:

  • The pane you work in has an outline, and the other pane is dimmed slightly. Click in a pane to work in it, or choose View → Focus Other Pane.
  • Every command, shortcut, and panel acts on the pane you work in.
  • Drag the divider to resize the panes. Each pane takes between 20% and 80% of the width, and the position is kept.
  • In the search bar, choose Both panes to search both documents at once. See Search a document.

To end the split, choose View → Close Split View, select Close split on the tab, or close one of the two tabs. Switching to a third tab also ends it.

The split is part of your session: it comes back when you restart JSON Digger.

Open a node in a new window

Section titled “Open a node in a new window”

To work with one part of a document on its own, right-click the node and choose Open in New Window, or choose Node → Open in New Window. A new window opens with the node as its document, titled with the node’s path.

The window has the views, search, queries, and panels of a document, with these differences:

  • It cannot be edited.
  • It is not reopened with your session.
  • Save As writes the node to a new file.

The window shows a copy of the node: later changes to the file do not reach it. While a large file is still being indexed, wait for indexing to finish before you open a node near its end.

Capture the view

Section titled “Capture the view”

Press Ctrl+Shift+E or choose File → Capture View (SVG/PNG)… to save the current view as an image. A save dialog opens:

  • Chart and Graph views: save the chart as an SVG image, or as a PNG at twice the screen size. Choose the format in the dialog.
  • Other views: save a PNG of what is on screen, at twice the screen size. Rows scrolled out of view are not part of the image.

In the Chart view, Export SVG and Export PNG below the chart do the same for the chart alone; see Export a chart.