JQuery Splitter is widget for JQuery which splits horizontally or vertically content with movable element between them. Selected Element must have two children (You can create nested splitters). <div id="split_this"> <div>Content Left</div> <div>Content Right</div> </div> ... $('#split_this').split({orientation: 'horizontal', limit:50}); 'limit' is width from border which don't allow to move.