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# Split Panel in Alter
- URL: https://list2.alterhq.com/split-panel-in-alter/
- Published: 2026-07-24T14:35:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-24T14:35:42.000Z
- Description: Why only have one, when you can have two?
- Author: Samuel ROY
- Tags: #beehiiv, #Import 2026-10-04 19:36

Hey everyone,

Thanks to **your suggestions**, we’re introducing **Split Panel** in Alter, a new way to interact with your workspace that lets you break free from a single-panel view.

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**What is Split Panel?**

Split Panel allows you to add a second panel next to your current session in the Hub.

Instead of switching between tabs, you can now work in parallel on two different tasks or collaborate on a single complex project without losing your place.

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2-for-1

Here is how it changes your workflow:

1. **Drag-and-Drop Context**: See something interesting in one session? Just select the text and drag it directly into the other panel to ask a question or add it to your current task.
2. **Flexible Organization**: You can easily reorder your tabs or move a tab from one side panel to the other to keep your workspace organized.
3. **Cross-Panel Referencing**: Use the `@` symbol in your conversation to quickly refer to and add context from another open panel.
4. **Integrated File Viewer**: You no longer need a third-party editor for your documents. Markdown, HTML, and PDF files can now be opened directly in a side panel. Just right-click a file and select "Open in the other panel" to inspect and interact with your data side-by-side with Alter.

Whether you're coding with documentation open on the side or organizing a recipe into a markdown file, Split Screen makes the process seamless.

Cheers,  
Olivier & Sam

## Full Changelog

### New Features & Enhancements

- **Hub Split Panel**: Add a second panel next to your Hub session to work in parallel — with shortcuts and stable new-chat / drop behavior.
- **Drag-and-drop context**: Select text in one session and drag it into the other panel to ask a question or add it to your task.
- **Flexible tabs**: Reorder tabs or move a tab from one side panel to the other (including on external displays).
- **Cross-panel referencing**: Use `@` to refer to and add context from the other open panel.
- **Integrated file viewer**: Open Markdown, HTML, and PDF files in a side panel via “Open in the other panel” — inspect documents next to Alter without a third-party editor.
- **Audio workflows**: Microphone and transcription run as workflows — queued transcription, workflow status in the mic menu and Edge Bar, and local speech diagnostics to help us debug users.
- **Shell tools**: Shell commands can include a purpose for clearer tool calls.
- **ChatGPT tool calls**: Tool calls display as they arrive during streaming.
- **Localizations**: Hub suggestion cards and new split-pane UI strings localized for non-English users.

### Bug Fixes & Stability

- **Hub**: Blank window presentation, QuickHub hosting constraint loop, model sync feedback loop, overlay inspector with split layout, and input shortcuts on macOS 27.
- **Conversation**: Preserve generation errors; send queued messages after tools finish.
- **Audio / transcription**: Invalid microphone devices, meeting input picker flicker, hardened voice workflow processing, and rejection of malformed transcript timestamps; skip corrupt transcript rows during conversion.
- **Custom endpoints**: Better compatibility with exotic OpenAI-compatible endpoints.
- **Editor**: Prevent Sonoma sidebar truncation.
- **Menubar**: Clicks restored on macOS 27; workflow status shown in the menu.

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