Allow for more flexible layout options when moving a group via drag and drop

[byehack]

as i commented in #49923 (comment).
first split to editor like this:

______________
|      |     |
|      |     |
|______|_____|

then try to add new editor to the bottom of those, like this:

______________
|      |     |
|      |     |
|______|_____|
|            |
|____________|

Rec.0021.mp4

[hediet]

Can you add more details to your feature request?

[byehack]

Can you add more details to your feature request?

i don't know i should tag here as issue or feature request.
as i said we should able to group the editor like this:

______________
|      |     |
|    1 |  2  |
|______|_____|
|     3      |
|____________|

we can not do it now.

[hediet]

This layout is possible:

[ArturoDent]

Split down first, then split right gets you the configuration you want. The question is: should the order of the splits matter?

[byehack]

This layout is possible:

can u reach that layout after splited like below?
(without close the right or left side splited editor completely)

[hediet]

Now I understand. I think this feature request makes sense.

Please update your initial commit to describe the current situation and the improvement you would like to see.

[bpasero]

I think the issue is around the fact that split always operates in the active group and not outside that group, so when you split the right group down it will end up as 2 groups in that space and you will not see a editor group create from the primary group.

How would you expect this to work? If we were to change this behaviour you would have equal amount of people that complain that the current behaviour is not possible. I think the current behaviour is more intuitive though.

[byehack]

we can use seprate line.
when drag a tab on seprate line it will preview new set.

[bpasero]

I am not entirely sure we can do that without loosing the ability to split within the group then:

[hediet]

Visual Studio has a nice solution for this afaik: During the drag operation, they show drop locations for various areas. I think in this case, they would show a symbol like this:

If you drop the editor on it, it will create the requested layout.

Well it will probably show all these locations:

[bpasero]

Yeah I like what VS allows you to do but find the UI a bit heavy. Fair feature request

//cc @joaomoreno

[vscodenpa]

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