Is there Split Pane support in Gedit?

Question

I know some other text editors like Notepad++ enable split pane to edit to files side by side. Is there any way I can add this functionality to Gedit?

Solution 1

In gedit, choose Documents > New Tab group or Ctrl+Alt + N your gedit will split vertically. And you can drag tabs.

Solution 2

Update: Gedit has now added this feature. I'm keeping my answer around for those using older versions of the application.

Gedit does not come with this feature.

But there is a plugin you can get: http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins#line-505

Solution 3

Not yet, but it's in development see here, someone's working on it (among other features) as a GSOC project as far as I know.

Comments

[jumpnett]

It doesn't behave exactly like Notepad++, but it'll suffice for the time being.

[Calmarius]

But it still doesn't let you to have two views of the same file... That's annoying... I wanted split pane to avoid scrolling up and down to check declarations.

[lubosz]

Care to share the name of the plugin? Your link is not valid anymore.

[odigity]

Link is dead; I think this is the new version: wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/Multiviews