diff --git a/cmd/micro/action/bufhandler.go b/cmd/micro/action/bufhandler.go
index 8fadd20b..11b1884f 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/action/bufhandler.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/action/bufhandler.go
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ type BufHandler struct {
 
 	// Last search stores the last successful search for FindNext and FindPrev
 	lastSearch string
+
+	splitID uint64
 }
 
 func NewBufHandler(buf *buffer.Buffer, win display.Window) *BufHandler {
@@ -212,6 +214,19 @@ func (h *BufHandler) DoRuneInsert(r rune) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (h *BufHandler) vsplit(buf *buffer.Buffer) {
+	e := NewBufEditPane(0, 0, 0, 0, buf)
+	e.splitID = MainTab.GetNode(h.splitID).VSplit(h.Buf.Settings["splitright"].(bool))
+	MainTab.Panes = append(MainTab.Panes, e)
+	MainTab.Resize()
+}
+func (h *BufHandler) hsplit(buf *buffer.Buffer) {
+	e := NewBufEditPane(0, 0, 0, 0, buf)
+	e.splitID = MainTab.GetNode(h.splitID).HSplit(h.Buf.Settings["splitbottom"].(bool))
+	MainTab.Panes = append(MainTab.Panes, e)
+	MainTab.Resize()
+}
+
 // BufKeyActions contains the list of all possible key actions the bufhandler could execute
 var BufKeyActions = map[string]BufKeyAction{
 	"CursorUp":               (*BufHandler).CursorUp,
diff --git a/cmd/micro/action/command.go b/cmd/micro/action/command.go
index 6ca60156..96ea957e 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/action/command.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/action/command.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package action
 import (
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro/buffer"
 	"github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro/shellwords"
 	"github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro/util"
 )
@@ -198,11 +199,25 @@ func Help(args []string) {
 // VSplit opens a vertical split with file given in the first argument
 // If no file is given, it opens an empty buffer in a new split
 func VSplit(args []string) {
+	buf, err := buffer.NewBufferFromFile(args[0], buffer.BTDefault)
+	if err != nil {
+		InfoBar.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	MainTab.CurPane().vsplit(buf)
 }
 
 // HSplit opens a horizontal split with file given in the first argument
 // If no file is given, it opens an empty buffer in a new split
 func HSplit(args []string) {
+	buf, err := buffer.NewBufferFromFile(args[0], buffer.BTDefault)
+	if err != nil {
+		InfoBar.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	MainTab.CurPane().hsplit(buf)
 }
 
 // Eval evaluates a lua expression
diff --git a/cmd/micro/action/editpane.go b/cmd/micro/action/editpane.go
index 92cc929c..a017ec2d 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/action/editpane.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/action/editpane.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro/buffer"
 	"github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro/display"
 	"github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro/info"
+	"github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro/views"
 )
 
 type EditPane struct {
@@ -27,6 +28,17 @@ func NewBufEditPane(x, y, width, height int, b *buffer.Buffer) *EditPane {
 	return e
 }
 
+func NewTabPane(width, height int, b *buffer.Buffer) *TabPane {
+	t := new(TabPane)
+	t.Node = views.NewRoot(0, 0, width, height)
+
+	e := NewBufEditPane(0, 0, width, height, b)
+	e.splitID = t.ID()
+
+	t.Panes = append(t.Panes, e)
+	return t
+}
+
 func NewInfoBar() *InfoPane {
 	e := new(InfoPane)
 	ib := info.NewBuffer()
diff --git a/cmd/micro/action/tab.go b/cmd/micro/action/tab.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a8c4724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/micro/action/tab.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package action
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/zyedidia/micro/cmd/micro/views"
+	"github.com/zyedidia/tcell"
+)
+
+var MainTab *TabPane
+
+type TabPane struct {
+	*views.Node
+	Panes  []*EditPane
+	active int
+}
+
+func (t *TabPane) HandleEvent(event tcell.Event) {
+	t.Panes[t.active].HandleEvent(event)
+}
+
+func (t *TabPane) Resize() {
+	for _, p := range t.Panes {
+		log.Println(p.splitID)
+		v := t.GetNode(p.splitID).GetView()
+		pv := p.GetView()
+		pv.X, pv.Y = v.X, v.Y
+		p.SetView(pv)
+		p.Resize(v.W, v.H)
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *TabPane) CurPane() *EditPane {
+	return t.Panes[t.active]
+}
diff --git a/cmd/micro/display/infowindow.go b/cmd/micro/display/infowindow.go
index 499b4401..73f334d2 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/display/infowindow.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/display/infowindow.go
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ func NewInfoWindow(b *info.InfoBuf) *InfoWindow {
 	return iw
 }
 
+func (i *InfoWindow) Resize(w, h int) {
+	i.width = w
+}
+
 // func (i *InfoWindow) YesNoPrompt() (bool, bool) {
 // 	for {
 // 		i.Clear()
diff --git a/cmd/micro/display/window.go b/cmd/micro/display/window.go
index 5aec83b9..4b0ed338 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/display/window.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/display/window.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package display
 
 import (
+	"log"
 	"strconv"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ type Window interface {
 	GetView() *View
 	SetView(v *View)
 	GetMouseLoc(vloc buffer.Loc) buffer.Loc
+	Resize(w, h int)
 }
 
 // The BufWindow provides a way of displaying a certain section
@@ -65,6 +67,11 @@ func (v *View) SetView(view *View) {
 	v = view
 }
 
+func (w *BufWindow) Resize(width, height int) {
+	w.Width, w.Height = width, height
+	w.lineHeight = make([]int, height)
+}
+
 func (w *BufWindow) getStartInfo(n, lineN int) ([]byte, int, int, *tcell.Style) {
 	tabsize := util.IntOpt(w.Buf.Settings["tabsize"])
 	width := 0
@@ -431,6 +438,7 @@ func (w *BufWindow) displayBuffer() {
 			nColsBeforeStart--
 		}
 
+		log.Println(len(w.lineHeight), vloc.Y)
 		w.lineHeight[vloc.Y] = bloc.Y
 
 		totalwidth := w.StartCol - nColsBeforeStart
diff --git a/cmd/micro/micro.go b/cmd/micro/micro.go
index 468b63d9..8fe6923d 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/micro.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/micro.go
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	b := LoadInput()[0]
 	width, height := screen.Screen.Size()
-	ep := action.NewBufEditPane(0, 0, width, height-1, b)
+
+	action.MainTab = action.NewTabPane(width, height-1, b)
 
 	action.InitGlobals()
 
@@ -205,7 +206,9 @@ func main() {
 		// Display everything
 		screen.Screen.Fill(' ', config.DefStyle)
 		screen.Screen.HideCursor()
-		ep.Display()
+		for _, ep := range action.MainTab.Panes {
+			ep.Display()
+		}
 		action.InfoBar.Display()
 		screen.Screen.Show()
 
@@ -220,7 +223,7 @@ func main() {
 			if action.InfoBar.HasPrompt {
 				action.InfoBar.HandleEvent(event)
 			} else {
-				ep.HandleEvent(event)
+				action.MainTab.Panes[0].HandleEvent(event)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/micro/views/splits.go b/cmd/micro/views/splits.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ba50434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/micro/views/splits.go
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+package views
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type SplitType uint8
+
+const (
+	STVert  = 0
+	STHoriz = 1
+	STUndef = 2
+)
+
+var idcounter uint64
+
+func NewID() uint64 {
+	idcounter++
+	return idcounter
+}
+
+type View struct {
+	X, Y int
+	W, H int
+}
+
+type Node struct {
+	View
+
+	kind SplitType
+
+	parent   *Node
+	children []*Node
+
+	// Nodes can be marked as non resizable if they shouldn't be rescaled
+	// when the terminal window is resized or when a new split is added
+	// Only the splits on the edges of the screen can be marked as non resizable
+	canResize bool
+	// A node may also be marked with proportional scaling. This means that when
+	// the window is resized the split maintains its proportions
+	propScale bool
+
+	id uint64
+}
+
+func (n *Node) ID() uint64 {
+	if n.IsLeaf() {
+		return n.id
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+func (n *Node) CanResize() bool {
+	return n.canResize
+}
+func (n *Node) PropScale() bool {
+	return n.propScale
+}
+func (n *Node) SetResize(b bool) {
+	n.canResize = b
+}
+func (n *Node) SetPropScale(b bool) {
+	n.propScale = b
+}
+func (n *Node) GetView() View {
+	return n.View
+}
+func (n *Node) SetView(v View) {
+	n.X, n.Y, n.W, n.H = v.X, v.Y, v.W, v.H
+}
+
+func (n *Node) GetNode(id uint64) *Node {
+	if n.id == id && n.IsLeaf() {
+		return n
+	}
+	for _, c := range n.children {
+		if c.id == id && c.IsLeaf() {
+			return c
+		}
+		gc := c.GetNode(id)
+		if gc != nil {
+			return gc
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NewNode(kind SplitType, x, y, w, h int, parent *Node, id uint64) *Node {
+	n := new(Node)
+	n.kind = kind
+	n.canResize = true
+	n.propScale = true
+	n.X, n.Y, n.W, n.H = x, y, w, h
+	n.children = make([]*Node, 0)
+	n.parent = parent
+	n.id = id
+
+	return n
+}
+
+func NewRoot(x, y, w, h int) *Node {
+	n1 := NewNode(STUndef, x, y, w, h, nil, NewID())
+
+	return n1
+}
+
+func (n *Node) IsLeaf() bool {
+	return len(n.children) == 0
+}
+
+func (n *Node) vResizeSplit(i int, size int) bool {
+	if i < 0 || i >= len(n.children)-1 {
+		return false
+	}
+	v1, v2 := n.children[i].GetView(), n.children[i+1].GetView()
+	toth := v1.H + v2.H
+	if size >= toth {
+		return false
+	}
+	v1.H, v2.H = size, toth-size
+	v2.Y = size
+	n.children[i].SetView(v1)
+	n.children[i+1].SetView(v2)
+	return true
+}
+func (n *Node) hResizeSplit(i int, size int) bool {
+	if i < 0 || i >= len(n.children)-1 {
+		return false
+	}
+	v1, v2 := n.children[i].GetView(), n.children[i+1].GetView()
+	totw := v1.W + v2.W
+	if size >= totw {
+		return false
+	}
+	v1.W, v2.W = size, totw-size
+	v2.X = size
+	n.children[i].SetView(v1)
+	n.children[i+1].SetView(v2)
+	return true
+}
+
+func (n *Node) ResizeSplit(size int) bool {
+	ind := 0
+	for i, c := range n.parent.children {
+		if c.id == n.id {
+			ind = i
+		}
+	}
+	if n.parent.kind == STVert {
+		return n.parent.vResizeSplit(ind, size)
+	}
+	return n.parent.hResizeSplit(ind, size)
+}
+
+func (n *Node) vVSplit(right bool) uint64 {
+	ind := 0
+	for i, c := range n.parent.children {
+		if c.id == n.id {
+			ind = i
+		}
+	}
+	return n.parent.hVSplit(ind, right)
+}
+func (n *Node) hHSplit(bottom bool) uint64 {
+	ind := 0
+	for i, c := range n.parent.children {
+		if c.id == n.id {
+			ind = i
+		}
+	}
+	return n.parent.vHSplit(ind, bottom)
+}
+func (n *Node) vHSplit(i int, right bool) uint64 {
+	if n.IsLeaf() {
+		newid := NewID()
+		hn1 := NewNode(STHoriz, n.X, n.Y, n.W, n.H/2, n, n.id)
+		hn2 := NewNode(STHoriz, n.X, n.Y+hn1.H, n.W, n.H/2, n, newid)
+		if !right {
+			hn1.id, hn2.id = hn2.id, hn1.id
+		}
+
+		n.children = append(n.children, hn1, hn2)
+		return newid
+	} else {
+		numr := 0
+		numnr := 0
+		nonrh := 0
+		for _, c := range n.children {
+			view := c.GetView()
+			if !c.CanResize() {
+				nonrh += view.H
+				numnr++
+			} else {
+				numr++
+			}
+		}
+
+		// if there are no resizable splits make them all resizable
+		if numr == 0 {
+			numr = numnr
+		}
+
+		height := (n.H - nonrh) / (numr + 1)
+
+		newid := NewID()
+		hn := NewNode(STHoriz, n.X, 0, n.W, height, n, newid)
+		n.children = append(n.children, nil)
+		inspos := i
+		if right {
+			inspos++
+		}
+		copy(n.children[inspos+1:], n.children[inspos:])
+		n.children[inspos] = hn
+
+		y := 0
+		for _, c := range n.children {
+			view := c.GetView()
+			if c.CanResize() {
+				view.H = height
+				view.Y = y
+			} else {
+				view.Y = y
+			}
+			y += view.H
+			c.SetView(view)
+		}
+		return newid
+	}
+}
+func (n *Node) hVSplit(i int, right bool) uint64 {
+	if n.IsLeaf() {
+		newid := NewID()
+		vn1 := NewNode(STVert, n.X, n.Y, n.W/2, n.H, n, n.id)
+		vn2 := NewNode(STVert, n.X+vn1.W, n.Y, n.W/2, n.H, n, newid)
+		if !right {
+			vn1.id, vn2.id = vn2.id, vn1.id
+		}
+
+		n.children = append(n.children, vn1, vn2)
+		return newid
+	} else {
+		numr := 0
+		numnr := 0
+		nonrw := 0
+		for _, c := range n.children {
+			view := c.GetView()
+			if !c.CanResize() {
+				nonrw += view.W
+				numnr++
+			} else {
+				numr++
+			}
+		}
+
+		// if there are no resizable splits make them all resizable
+		if numr == 0 {
+			numr = numnr
+		}
+
+		width := (n.W - nonrw) / (numr + 1)
+
+		newid := NewID()
+		vn := NewNode(STVert, 0, n.Y, width, n.H, n, newid)
+		n.children = append(n.children, nil)
+		inspos := i
+		if right {
+			inspos++
+		}
+		copy(n.children[inspos+1:], n.children[inspos:])
+		n.children[inspos] = vn
+
+		x := 0
+		for _, c := range n.children {
+			view := c.GetView()
+			if c.CanResize() {
+				view.W = width
+				view.X = x
+			} else {
+				view.X = x
+			}
+			x += view.W
+			c.SetView(view)
+		}
+		return newid
+	}
+}
+
+func (n *Node) HSplit(bottom bool) uint64 {
+	if !n.IsLeaf() {
+		return 0
+	}
+	if n.kind == STUndef {
+		n.kind = STVert
+	}
+	if n.kind == STVert {
+		return n.vHSplit(0, bottom)
+	}
+	return n.hHSplit(bottom)
+}
+
+func (n *Node) VSplit(right bool) uint64 {
+	if !n.IsLeaf() {
+		return 0
+	}
+	if n.kind == STUndef {
+		n.kind = STHoriz
+	}
+	if n.kind == STVert {
+		return n.vVSplit(right)
+	}
+	return n.hVSplit(0, right)
+}
+
+func (n *Node) Resize(w, h int) {
+	propW, propH := float64(w)/float64(n.W), float64(h)/float64(n.H)
+	x, y := n.X, n.Y
+	for _, c := range n.children {
+		cW := int(float64(c.W) * propW)
+		cH := int(float64(c.H) * propH)
+		c.Resize(cW, cH)
+		c.X = x
+		c.Y = y
+		if n.kind == STHoriz {
+			x += cW
+		} else {
+			y += cH
+		}
+	}
+	n.W, n.H = w, h
+}
+
+func (n *Node) Unsplit() {
+
+}
+
+func (n *Node) String() string {
+	var strf func(n *Node, ident int) string
+	strf = func(n *Node, ident int) string {
+		marker := "|"
+		if n.kind == STHoriz {
+			marker = "-"
+		}
+		str := fmt.Sprint(strings.Repeat("\t", ident), marker, n.View, n.id)
+		if n.IsLeaf() {
+			str += "🍁"
+		}
+		str += "\n"
+		for _, c := range n.children {
+			str += strf(c, ident+1)
+		}
+		return str
+	}
+	return strf(n, 0)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/micro/views/splits_test.go b/cmd/micro/views/splits_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94f8a2b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/micro/views/splits_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package views
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestHSplit(t *testing.T) {
+	root := NewRoot(0, 0, 80, 80)
+	n1 := root.VSplit(true)
+	root.GetNode(n1).VSplit(true)
+	root.GetNode(root.id).ResizeSplit(7)
+	root.Resize(120, 120)
+
+	fmt.Println(root.String())
+}