When switching to a multi-column layout in VS Code (View > Editor Layout > Two Columns / workbench.action.editorLayoutTwoColumns), is there a way to make the new column split at the currently active file, so that open editors to the right of the current file are put into the new column/group, rather than the new column being empty?
By way of example:
Here I have 4 open editors
When I open a second column, it is empty:
But I'm wondering if there is a way that to get the following at the point of using a multi-column view (relative to the active file I have open at the time):


