# io.github.libtmux.SplitDirection.SplitDirection

- **Module:** io.github.libtmux.SplitDirection
- **Package:** io.github.libtmux:libtmux
- **Language:** Java
- **Kind:** enum
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java/blob/c3517519ee799428a809ce6deb1708c8be289cd1/libtmux/src/main/java/io/github/libtmux/SplitDirection.java#L11
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/java/io-github-libtmux-splitdirection-splitdirection/

Where a new pane goes relative to the one being split.

<p>Separate from {@link Direction}, which moves and grows existing panes with {@code -U -D -L -R}.
Splitting speaks a different dialect: an axis, and whether the new pane comes first.

## Members

- `BELOW` (constant) — Below the target, which is what tmux does when asked for nothing.
- `ABOVE` (constant)
- `RIGHT` (constant)
- `LEFT` (constant)
- `SplitDirection` (method)
- `flags` (method) — The tmux flags that place a pane this way.