From a532665afbe1055db7eeca6346fae50aa12d0b59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:16:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: make create_scratch_buffer work correctly across splits

---
 src/tui/mainview.zig | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index 76f8556..3ac429f 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -724,6 +724,21 @@ const cmds = struct {
         const args = try ctx.args.clone(self.allocator);
         defer self.allocator.free(args.buf);
         tui.reset_drag_context();
+
+        var file_path: []const u8 = undefined;
+        if (ctx.args.match(.{ tp.extract(&file_path), tp.string, tp.string }) catch false or
+            ctx.args.match(.{ tp.extract(&file_path), tp.string }) catch false or
+            ctx.args.match(.{tp.extract(&file_path)}) catch false)
+        {
+            if (self.buffer_manager.get_buffer_for_file(file_path)) |_| {
+                var buf: [tp.max_message_size]u8 = undefined;
+                try command.executeName("navigate", try command.fmtbuf(&buf, .{ .file = file_path }));
+                tui.need_render(@src());
+                self.location_update_from_editor();
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
         try self.create_editor();
         try command.executeName("open_scratch_buffer", .{ .args = args });
         tui.need_render(@src());