How-tos
Split panes side-by-side
A split-pane tab shows two SSH sessions side-by-side in the same tab. Useful when you’re cross-referencing two devices (a switch and the firewall in front of it; two halves of an HA pair).
Steps — open a split
- Make sure the left session is already open (it’ll be the primary; the new session becomes the right pane).
- Right-click the tab in the strip.
- Hover Split right with…. A submenu lists every device in your inventory, with the current tab’s device shown first (you can split with itself for a second session of the same host).
- Click the device you want as the right pane.
- Transit AI opens a new SSH session to that device and renders it as the right pane.
Resize
Drag the vertical divider between the two panes left or right. The percentage split is per-tab and resets to 50/50 if you reopen the tab.
Unsplit
There’s no explicit “unsplit” command. Close the right pane to return to a single-pane tab:
- Click Disconnect in the right pane’s header. The remote session ends; the right pane disappears.
- OR right-click the right pane’s tab area — actually the right pane has no tab of its own. The X on the primary tab closes both sessions (cascading close); use that only when you want to close the whole tab.
What’s the same as a non-split tab
- Both panes have their own scrollback, search overlay, and paste confirmation.
- Per-device preferences (syntax highlighting, quick copy/paste) apply to each pane independently based on its device.
- Press Enter in either pane to reconnect it if its session ends. The other pane is unaffected.
What’s different
- Tab labels show only the primary device’s ID. The right pane’s device isn’t surfaced in the tab strip.
- The AI sees both sessions as peers when it lists your open sessions — there’s no notion of “split” at the backend level.