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Use Split View

Split View keeps two to four live tabs in one durable sidebar group. The focused card owns the address field and page commands; the other cards remain visible and live.

Create a Split View​

Use any of these paths:

  • Drag a sidebar tab onto the current page.
  • Open the tab context menu and choose the Split View action.
  • Right-click or touch and hold a page link, then choose Open Link in Split View.
  • Run Split With Next Tab from the command palette or assign it a shortcut.

A one-card placeholder lets you add the next tab without losing the first page.

Focus a card​

Click or tap a card. On a keyboard, use Control-Command-Left and Control-Command-Right. The address, Back and Forward, Reload, Find, Reader, page tools, Peek, and extension popups follow the focused card.

On Mac, Focus Follows Mouse in Split View can make pointer movement choose the active card automatically.

Resize and reorder​

Drag a divider to resize columns on Mac or iPad. Crest remembers widths for the window. Use Shift-Command-Left/Right to move the focused card, or drag when the interface exposes a reordering target.

Remove or separate tabs​

Remove Tab From Split takes the focused tab out of the group. Separate All Tabs turns every card back into an independent tab; its default shortcut is Option-Command-U. Closing the focused card closes that tab while the remaining group survives.

iPad and iPhone​

iPad uses the same resizable column model as Mac. On iPhone, the group remains complete but one card fills the screen at a time. Swipe horizontally on the compact toolbar to page between cards; the gesture intentionally does nothing when the current tab is not in Split View.

Sync behavior​

The durable group and its card order can sync with the Space. A receiving device adapts the presentation to its screen instead of flattening the group.