Split view

Two tabs side by side in one window — each with its own editor, results and limits. Made by dragging one tab onto another; undone with one click.

Making a split

Drag a tab in the Workspace list and drop it onto another tab (not between two — that reorders). A preview shows the two names side by side with a dashed border before you let go. The dragged tab lands on the right.

Other places that open a split for you:

• The results footer’s history menu: Open Query in Split View and Open Results in Split View put an older run next to the current tab.
• Clicking a column in a table’s Schema tab, or a cell drill-down, opens the target next to what you were looking at. A drill-down that would replace an existing split asks first.

• Both tabs are query tabs, table/dataset tabs, or Google Sheet tabs — notebooks, Settings and History can’t be split
• Neither tab is already in a split
• The window is wider than a phone; on narrow screens splits are dissolved automatically

Working in a split

Each pane is the full tab: its own editor, Run Query button, results grid, status bar with byte limit, billing project and TABLESAMPLE. Running one side never touches the other. The split itself is the active item in the Workspace list; clicking its row brings both back.

Drag the divider to resize. It stops at 20% and 80%, and the ratio is remembered per split.

Ending a split

• Hover a half of the split row and click Unsplit. Both tabs stay open; one becomes active.
• Middle-click the split row. Same as Unsplit.
• Click × at the top right of the right pane. That tab closes and the other one fills the window.
• Close either tab any other way. The split dissolves.

You can’t drag a tab out of a split; unsplit and drag again.

Comparing two queries

A split is for working on two things; to diff them use Compare: ⇧⌘C in the editor, the palette’s Compare, or Compare in the top-right query-actions menu. It opens a Compare tab with Data, Queries and Schema modes; Queries puts two tabs’ SQL in a side-by-side diff editor with changed lines highlighted and synced scrolling. See Data compare for the Data and Schema modes.