diff --git a/include/eepp/ui/tools/uicodeeditorsplitter.hpp b/include/eepp/ui/tools/uicodeeditorsplitter.hpp
index ef3bd1e09..3f25f451b 100644
--- a/include/eepp/ui/tools/uicodeeditorsplitter.hpp
+++ b/include/eepp/ui/tools/uicodeeditorsplitter.hpp
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class EE_API UICodeEditorSplitter {
 			tryCloseTabsToDirection( mCurWidget, UITabWidget::FocusTabBehavior::Default, true );
 		} );
 		t.setCommand( "create-new", [this] {
-			auto d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( tabWidgetFromWidget( mCurWidget ) );
+			auto d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( getPreferredTabWidget() );
 			if ( d.first != nullptr && d.second != nullptr ) {
 				d.first->getTabWidget()->setTabSelected( d.first );
 			} else if ( !mTabWidgets.empty() ) {
@@ -381,6 +381,14 @@ class EE_API UICodeEditorSplitter {
 
 	bool isWidgetInAnyWidget( UIWidget* ) const;
 
+	void setOpenDocumentsInMainSplit( bool open ) { mOpenDocumentsInMainSplit = open; }
+
+	bool openDocumentsInMainSplit() const { return mOpenDocumentsInMainSplit; }
+
+	UITabWidget* getFirstTabWidget() const;
+
+	UITabWidget* getPreferredTabWidget() const;
+
   protected:
 	UISceneNode* mUISceneNode{ nullptr };
 	std::shared_ptr<ThreadPool> mThreadPool;
@@ -395,6 +403,7 @@ class EE_API UICodeEditorSplitter {
 	bool mHideTabBarOnSingleTab{ true };
 	bool mFirstCodeEditor{ true };
 	bool mVisualSplitting{ true };
+	bool mOpenDocumentsInMainSplit{ false };
 	UICodeEditor* mAboutToAddEditor{ nullptr };
 	UIMessageBox* mTryCloseMsgBox{ nullptr };
 	Mutex mTabWidgetMutex;
diff --git a/src/eepp/ui/doc/syntaxdefinitionmanager.cpp b/src/eepp/ui/doc/syntaxdefinitionmanager.cpp
index 11779130a..c621fd0fa 100644
--- a/src/eepp/ui/doc/syntaxdefinitionmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/eepp/ui/doc/syntaxdefinitionmanager.cpp
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ const SyntaxDefinition& SyntaxDefinitionManager::getByHeader( std::string_view h
 			for ( const auto& hdr : preDefinition->getHeaders() ) {
 				LuaPattern words( hdr );
 				int start, end;
-				if ( words.find( header.data(), start, end ) ) {
+				if ( words.find( header.data(), start, end, 0, header.size() ) ) {
 					return preDefinition->load();
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/eepp/ui/tools/uicodeeditorsplitter.cpp b/src/eepp/ui/tools/uicodeeditorsplitter.cpp
index 95bd449f1..1659cac61 100644
--- a/src/eepp/ui/tools/uicodeeditorsplitter.cpp
+++ b/src/eepp/ui/tools/uicodeeditorsplitter.cpp
@@ -329,8 +329,17 @@ bool UICodeEditorSplitter::loadDocument( std::shared_ptr<TextDocument> doc,
 	return true;
 }
 
+UITabWidget* UICodeEditorSplitter::getFirstTabWidget() const {
+	eeASSERT( !mTabWidgets.empty() );
+	return mTabWidgets[0];
+}
+
+UITabWidget* UICodeEditorSplitter::getPreferredTabWidget() const {
+	return mOpenDocumentsInMainSplit ? getFirstTabWidget() : tabWidgetFromWidget( mCurWidget );
+}
+
 std::pair<UITab*, UICodeEditor*> UICodeEditorSplitter::createEditorInNewTab() {
-	auto d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( tabWidgetFromWidget( mCurWidget ) );
+	auto d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( getPreferredTabWidget() );
 	if ( d.first == nullptr || d.second == nullptr ) {
 		if ( !mTabWidgets.empty() && mTabWidgets[0]->getTabCount() > 0 ) {
 			d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( mTabWidgets[0] );
@@ -347,7 +356,7 @@ std::pair<UITab*, UICodeEditor*> UICodeEditorSplitter::createEditorInNewTab() {
 
 std::pair<UITab*, UICodeEditor*>
 UICodeEditorSplitter::loadDocumentInNewTab( std::shared_ptr<TextDocument> doc ) {
-	auto d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( tabWidgetFromWidget( mCurWidget ) );
+	auto d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( getPreferredTabWidget() );
 	if ( d.first == nullptr || d.second == nullptr ) {
 		if ( !mTabWidgets.empty() && mTabWidgets[0]->getTabCount() > 0 ) {
 			d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( mTabWidgets[0] );
@@ -421,7 +430,7 @@ void UICodeEditorSplitter::loadAsyncFileFromPath(
 
 std::pair<UITab*, UICodeEditor*>
 UICodeEditorSplitter::loadFileFromPathInNewTab( const std::string& path ) {
-	auto d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( tabWidgetFromWidget( mCurWidget ) );
+	auto d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( getPreferredTabWidget() );
 	if ( d.first == nullptr || d.second == nullptr ) {
 		if ( !mTabWidgets.empty() && mTabWidgets[0]->getTabCount() > 0 ) {
 			d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( mTabWidgets[0] );
@@ -469,7 +478,7 @@ void UICodeEditorSplitter::loadAsyncFileFromPathInNewTab(
 		loadFileFromPathInNewTab( path );
 		return;
 	}
-	auto d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( tabWidgetFromWidget( mCurWidget ) );
+	auto d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( getPreferredTabWidget() );
 	if ( d.first == nullptr || d.second == nullptr ) {
 		if ( !mTabWidgets.empty() && mTabWidgets[0]->getTabCount() > 0 ) {
 			d = createCodeEditorInTabWidget( mTabWidgets[0] );
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.cpp b/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.cpp
index cd3dab998..593bdadd5 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ void AppConfig::load( const std::string& confPath, std::string& keybindingsPath,
 	editor.highlightCurrentLine = ini.getValueB( "editor", "highlight_current_line", true );
 	editor.verticalScrollbar = ini.getValueB( "editor", "vertical_scrollbar", true );
 	editor.horizontalScrollbar = ini.getValueB( "editor", "horizontal_scrollbar", true );
+	editor.openDocumentsInMainSplit =
+		ini.getValueB( "editor", "open_documents_in_main_split", false );
 	ui.fontSize = ini.getValue( "ui", "font_size", "11dp" );
 	ui.panelFontSize = ini.getValue( "ui", "panel_font_size", "11dp" );
 	ui.showSidePanel = ini.getValueB( "ui", "show_side_panel", true );
@@ -304,9 +306,8 @@ void AppConfig::save( const std::vector<std::string>& recentFiles,
 	iniState.setValue( "files", "recentfiles", String::join( urlEncode( recentFiles ), ';' ) );
 	iniState.setValue( "folders", "recentfolders",
 					   String::join( urlEncode( recentFolders ), ';' ) );
+
 	iniState.setValueU( "editor", "last_run_version", ecode::Version::getVersionNum() );
-	iniState.setValue( "ui", "side_panel_tabs_order",
-					   String::join( windowState.sidePanelTabsOrder, ',' ) );
 	ini.setValueB( "editor", "show_line_numbers", editor.showLineNumbers );
 	ini.setValueB( "editor", "show_white_spaces", editor.showWhiteSpaces );
 	ini.setValueB( "editor", "show_indentation_guides", editor.showIndentationGuides );
@@ -315,7 +316,9 @@ void AppConfig::save( const std::vector<std::string>& recentFiles,
 	ini.setValueB( "editor", "highlight_current_line", editor.highlightCurrentLine );
 	ini.setValueB( "editor", "vertical_scrollbar", editor.verticalScrollbar );
 	ini.setValueB( "editor", "horizontal_scrollbar", editor.horizontalScrollbar );
+	ini.setValueB( "editor", "open_documents_in_main_split", editor.openDocumentsInMainSplit );
 	ini.setValue( "editor", "font_size", editor.fontSize.toString() );
+
 	ini.setValue( "ui", "font_size", ui.fontSize.toString() );
 	ini.setValue( "ui", "panel_font_size", ui.panelFontSize.toString() );
 	if ( !terminalMode )
@@ -339,6 +342,8 @@ void AppConfig::save( const std::vector<std::string>& recentFiles,
 	ini.setValue( "ui", "font_antialiasing",
 				  FontTrueType::fontAntialiasingToString( ui.fontAntialiasing ) );
 	ini.setValueB( "ui", "editor_font_in_input_fields", ui.editorFontInInputFields );
+	iniState.setValue( "ui", "side_panel_tabs_order",
+					   String::join( windowState.sidePanelTabsOrder, ',' ) );
 
 	ini.setValueB( "document", "trim_trailing_whitespaces", doc.trimTrailingWhitespaces );
 	ini.setValueB( "document", "force_new_line_at_end_of_file", doc.forceNewLineAtEndOfFile );
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.hpp b/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.hpp
index 1f7a20d1a..af2c5bcdb 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.hpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/appconfig.hpp
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct CodeEditorConfig {
 	bool hideTabBarOnSingleTab{ true };
 	bool hideTabBar{ false };
 	bool tabSwitcher{ false };
+	bool openDocumentsInMainSplit{ false };
 	UITabWidget::TabJumpMode tabJumpMode{ UITabWidget::TabJumpMode::Linear };
 
 	bool singleClickNavigation{ false };
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/ecode.cpp b/src/tools/ecode/ecode.cpp
index ddcb7bd9d..f256ea6d7 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/ecode.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/ecode.cpp
@@ -921,7 +921,9 @@ void App::onFileDropped( std::string file, bool openBinaryAsDocument ) {
 			   !codeEditor->getDocument().isEmpty() ) &&
 			 !doesntNeedEmptyEditor ) {
 			auto d = mSplitter->createCodeEditorInTabWidget(
-				mSplitter->tabWidgetFromEditor( codeEditor ) );
+				mConfig.editor.openDocumentsInMainSplit
+					? mSplitter->getPreferredTabWidget()
+					: mSplitter->tabWidgetFromEditor( codeEditor ) );
 			codeEditor = d.second;
 			tab = d.first;
 		}
@@ -2675,8 +2677,9 @@ void App::onCodeEditorCreated( UICodeEditor* editor, TextDocument& doc ) {
 	doc.setCommand( "clone-document-buffer", [this] {
 		if ( mSplitter->curEditorExistsAndFocused() && mSplitter->getCurEditor() ) {
 			UICodeEditor* editor = mSplitter->getCurEditor();
-			auto d =
-				mSplitter->createCodeEditorInTabWidget( mSplitter->tabWidgetFromWidget( editor ) );
+			auto d = mSplitter->createCodeEditorInTabWidget(
+				mConfig.editor.openDocumentsInMainSplit ? mSplitter->getPreferredTabWidget()
+													: mSplitter->tabWidgetFromWidget( editor ) );
 			if ( d.first == nullptr && d.second == nullptr && !mSplitter->getTabWidgets().empty() )
 				d = mSplitter->createCodeEditorInTabWidget( mSplitter->getTabWidgets()[0] );
 			if ( d.first != nullptr || d.second != nullptr ) {
@@ -4331,6 +4334,7 @@ void App::init( InitParameters& params ) {
 											   mInitColorScheme );
 		mSplitter->setHideTabBarOnSingleTab( mConfig.editor.hideTabBarOnSingleTab );
 		mSplitter->setHideTabBar( mConfig.editor.hideTabBar );
+		mSplitter->setOpenDocumentsInMainSplit( mConfig.editor.openDocumentsInMainSplit );
 		mSplitter->setOnTabWidgetCreateCb( [this]( UITabWidget* tabWidget ) {
 			tabWidget->getTabBar()->onDoubleClick(
 				[this]( const MouseEvent* ) { mSplitter->createEditorInNewTab(); } );
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.cpp b/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.cpp
index bc3a7b9b3..2b3ca96af 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.cpp
@@ -1320,42 +1320,22 @@ UIMenu* SettingsMenu::createWindowMenu() {
 		auto colorSchemeExt = ColorSchemePreferences::fromStringExt( item->getId() );
 		mApp->setUIColorSchemeFromUserInteraction( colorSchemeExt );
 	} );
-	mWindowMenu->addSubMenu( i18n( "ui_language", "UI Language" ), findIcon( "globe" ),
-							 createLanguagesMenu() );
+	mWindowMenu->addSubMenu( i18n( "fonts_configuration", "Fonts Configuration" ),
+							 findIcon( "font-size" ), createFontsMenu() );
 	mWindowMenu->addSubMenu( i18n( "ui_prefes_color_scheme", "UI Prefers Color Scheme" ),
 							 findIcon( "color-scheme" ), colorsMenu );
 	mWindowMenu->addSubMenu( i18n( "ui_thene", "UI Theme" ), findIcon( "palette" ),
 							 createThemesMenu() );
+	mWindowMenu->addSubMenu( i18n( "ui_language", "UI Language" ), findIcon( "globe" ),
+							 createLanguagesMenu() );
 	mWindowMenu->addSubMenu( i18n( "ui_renderer", "Renderer" ), findIcon( "package" ),
 							 createRendererMenu() );
-	mWindowMenu->addSubMenu( i18n( "ui_font_hint", "Font Hint" ), findIcon( "font-size" ),
-							 createFontHintMenu() );
-	mWindowMenu->addSubMenu( i18n( "ui_font_antialiasing", "Font Anti-Aliasing" ),
-							 findIcon( "font-size" ), createFontAntiAliasingMenu() );
+
 	mWindowMenu
 		->add( i18n( "ui_scale_factor", "UI Scale Factor (Pixel Density)" ),
 			   findIcon( "pixel-density" ) )
 		->setId( "ui-scale-factor" );
-	mWindowMenu->add( i18n( "ui_font_size", "UI Font Size" ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
-		->setId( "ui-font-size" );
-	mWindowMenu->add( i18n( "ui_panel_font_size", "UI Panel Font Size" ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
-		->setId( "ui-panel-font-size" );
-	mWindowMenu->add( i18n( "editor_font_size", "Editor Font Size" ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
-		->setId( "editor-font-size" );
-	mWindowMenu->add( i18n( "terminal_font_size", "Terminal Font Size" ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
-		->setId( "terminal-font-size" );
-	mWindowMenu
-		->add( i18n( "sans-serif_font_ellipsis", "Sans-Serif Font..." ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
-		->setId( "sans-serif-font" );
-	mWindowMenu
-		->add( i18n( "monospace_font_ellipsis", "Monospace Font..." ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
-		->setId( "monospace-font" );
-	mWindowMenu
-		->add( i18n( "terminal_font_ellipsis", "Terminal Font..." ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
-		->setId( "terminal-font" );
-	mWindowMenu
-		->add( i18n( "fallback_font_ellipsis", "Fallback Font..." ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
-		->setId( "fallback-font" );
+
 	mWindowMenu->addSeparator();
 	mWindowMenu
 		->add( i18n( "key_bindings", "Key Bindings" ), findIcon( "keybindings" ),
@@ -1458,6 +1438,14 @@ UIMenu* SettingsMenu::createWindowMenu() {
 								"of the current window unless no project is currently loaded." ) )
 		->setId( "open-project-in-new-window" );
 
+	mWindowMenu
+		->addCheckBox( i18n( "open_documents_in_main_split", "Open Documents in Main Split" ),
+					   mApp->getConfig().editor.openDocumentsInMainSplit )
+		->setTooltipText( i18n( "open_documents_in_main_split_tooltip",
+								"Always open new documents in the main split (top-left), "
+								"instead of the last active split." ) )
+		->setId( "open-documents-in-main-split" );
+
 	mWindowMenu
 		->addCheckBox( i18n( "use_native_file_dialogs", "Enable Native File Dialogs" ),
 					   mApp->getConfig().ui.nativeFileDialogs )
@@ -1502,6 +1490,11 @@ UIMenu* SettingsMenu::createWindowMenu() {
 			bool active = item->asType<UIMenuCheckBox>()->isActive();
 			mApp->getConfig().ui.openProjectInNewWindow = active;
 			mApp->saveConfig();
+		} else if ( "open-documents-in-main-split" == item->getId() ) {
+			bool active = item->asType<UIMenuCheckBox>()->isActive();
+			mApp->getConfig().editor.openDocumentsInMainSplit = active;
+			mApp->saveConfig();
+			mApp->getSplitter()->setOpenDocumentsInMainSplit( active );
 		} else if ( "native-file-dialogs" == item->getId() ) {
 			bool active = item->asType<UIMenuCheckBox>()->isActive();
 			mApp->getConfig().ui.nativeFileDialogs = active;
@@ -2938,6 +2931,41 @@ UIMenu* SettingsMenu::createFontAntiAliasingMenu() {
 	return mFontAntiAliasingMenu;
 }
 
+UIMenu* SettingsMenu::createFontsMenu() {
+	mFontsMenu = UIPopUpMenu::New();
+	mFontsMenu->addSubMenu( i18n( "ui_font_hint", "Font Hint" ), findIcon( "font-size" ),
+							createFontHintMenu() );
+	mFontsMenu->addSubMenu( i18n( "ui_font_antialiasing", "Font Anti-Aliasing" ),
+							findIcon( "font-size" ), createFontAntiAliasingMenu() );
+	mFontsMenu->add( i18n( "ui_font_size", "UI Font Size" ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
+		->setId( "ui-font-size" );
+	mFontsMenu->add( i18n( "ui_panel_font_size", "UI Panel Font Size" ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
+		->setId( "ui-panel-font-size" );
+	mFontsMenu->add( i18n( "editor_font_size", "Editor Font Size" ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
+		->setId( "editor-font-size" );
+	mFontsMenu->add( i18n( "terminal_font_size", "Terminal Font Size" ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
+		->setId( "terminal-font-size" );
+	mFontsMenu
+		->add( i18n( "sans-serif_font_ellipsis", "Sans-Serif Font..." ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
+		->setId( "sans-serif-font" );
+	mFontsMenu
+		->add( i18n( "monospace_font_ellipsis", "Monospace Font..." ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
+		->setId( "monospace-font" );
+	mFontsMenu->add( i18n( "terminal_font_ellipsis", "Terminal Font..." ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
+		->setId( "terminal-font" );
+	mFontsMenu->add( i18n( "fallback_font_ellipsis", "Fallback Font..." ), findIcon( "font-size" ) )
+		->setId( "fallback-font" );
+	mFontsMenu->on( Event::OnItemClicked, [this]( const Event* event ) {
+		if ( !event->getNode()->isType( UI_TYPE_MENUITEM ) )
+			return;
+		String text = String( event->getNode()->asType<UIMenuItem>()->getId() ).toLower();
+		String::replaceAll( text, " ", "-" );
+		String::replaceAll( text, "/", "-" );
+		runCommand( text );
+	} );
+	return mFontsMenu;
+}
+
 void SettingsMenu::updateMenu() {
 	bool showMenuBar = mApp->getConfig().ui.showMenuBar;
 	mSettingsButton->setVisible( !showMenuBar );
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.hpp b/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.hpp
index 564faf980..ef11fba18 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.hpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/settingsmenu.hpp
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ class SettingsMenu {
 
 	UIMenu* createFontAntiAliasingMenu();
 
+	UIMenu* createFontsMenu();
+
 	void updateTerminalMenu();
 
 	void updateProjectSettingsMenu();
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ class SettingsMenu {
 	UIMenuBar* mMenuBar{ nullptr };
 	UIPopUpMenu* mFontHintMenu{ nullptr };
 	UIPopUpMenu* mFontAntiAliasingMenu{ nullptr };
+	UIPopUpMenu* mFontsMenu{ nullptr };
 	std::vector<UIPopUpMenu*> mFileTypeMenus;
 	Float mFileTypeMenusCreatedWithHeight{ 0 };
 	std::vector<UIPopUpMenu*> mColorSchemeMenus;