With side-by-side windows how to slide the middle vertical bar?

Question

I often have two buffers open side by side and I'd like to be able to slide the central vertical bar to the left or to the right, in order to make either buffer wider or narrower.

Is this supported in emacs 26.3?

Here's what I get:

The vertical bar in the middle won't move.

I looked at this other question, but M-x xterm-mouse-mode didn't help.

It won't move. That's what I was used to on a different machine, where I perhaps ran a different version of emacs. I no longer have access to that device. — Ricky Robinson, Aug 12 '21 at 21:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 12 '21 at 18:09

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You can drag the vertical split with your mouse. And you can use C-x } and C-x { to enlarge or shrink a window horizontally. And you can use C-x ^ to enlarge a window vertically.

answered Aug 12 '21 at 18:09

Drew

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Thanks for the commands! As silly as it sounds, I can't drag it with my mouse. What could have gone wrong? – Ricky Robinson Aug 12 '21 at 21:19
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Maybe it is only draggable at the bottom between th blue and gray bar? – John Kitchin Aug 13 '21 at 00:34
Yes, try what @JohnKitchin suggested. That's a known situation for some platforms, I believe. And try the key bindings I mentioned - they should work whether or not the divider is mouse draggable. If they too don't work then that should tell us something else. – Drew Aug 13 '21 at 04:19
@JohnKitchin YES, that was it! Thanks a lot! – Ricky Robinson Aug 13 '21 at 15:17
@Drew the key bindings work too, thanks! – Ricky Robinson Aug 13 '21 at 15:18

With side-by-side windows how to slide the middle vertical bar?

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