KDE Konsole - Deciphering the Split View options

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KDE’s Konsole has a few hotkeys for splitting the terminal view. I am trying to figure out how to obtain the desired behavior:

  1. A hotkey to split my view horizontally, adding a new view on top of my currently active tab,
  2. Another hotkey to split my view horizontally, this time adding a new view BELOW my currently active tab,
  3. same behavior for left/right.

Can this be obtained?

Konsole’s keyboard shortcut pane has some less-than-clear options labelled:

  • “Split View Top-Bottom” vs “Split View Top-Bottom”
  • “Split View Left-Right” vs “Split View Left/Right”

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Which brings me to another question: What is the difference between these options?

I tested them out for a moment and couldn’t discern any functional difference: https://mikomiko.org/files/Screencast_20250605_122328.webm

In the top pane I press a hotkey for Top-Bottom, then switch to the bottom pane and press the hotkey for Top/Bottom.

Both options appear to split view horizontally (as expected), and create a new terminal below my active terminal (fine). But how can I get a split view that creates a new terminal above my active terminal? And what is the difference between the / and - variants?

For the record, the left/right & left-right options behave similarly, but split vertically and always spawn the new terminal to the right of the active terminal.

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For my default KDE install on F42 Konsole keys are Ctrl-( and Ctrl-) that I found in the Split View toolbar button.

I cannot find the shortcuts you found. Where are you seeing them?

I suggest you try typing the shortcuts to see what they do.