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Notebook Editors: Enable split cell
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Description
Context
Originally requested here by @Zihan Wang https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/discussions/10047#discussioncomment-17749318
Users want to be able to split cells when using the Positron Notebook Editor
AC
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Enable the Juptyer keyboard shortcut for splitting cells
Ctrl+Shift+-: Split the current cell at the cursor -
When in edit mode and right clicking on a line, show split cell as an option in the Cell options
- Determine if this functionality should exist in Quarto and implement
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Positron Notebook Editor's keyboard handling and cell-options context menu, then compare the existing Jupyter split-cell behavior. Done means Ctrl+Shift+- splits at the cursor, the edit-mode menu exposes the same action, and the issue's Quarto decision is implemented or documented.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- jupyter-notebook, typescript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100