diff --git a/specter/include/Specter/IViewManager.hpp b/specter/include/Specter/IViewManager.hpp
index e9b0fbe86..ca0ed8f37 100644
--- a/specter/include/Specter/IViewManager.hpp
+++ b/specter/include/Specter/IViewManager.hpp
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 #define SPECTER_IVIEWMANAGER_HPP
 
 #include "Translator.hpp"
+#include "SplitView.hpp"
 #include <HECL/HECL.hpp>
 
 namespace Specter
 {
+struct ISplitSpaceController;
 
 struct IViewManager
 {
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ public:
         return vor;
     }
 
+    virtual void deferSpaceSplit(ISplitSpaceController* split, SplitView::Axis axis, int thisSlot) {}
+
     virtual const std::vector<HECL::SystemString>* recentProjects() const {return nullptr;}
     virtual void pushRecentProject(const HECL::SystemString& path) {}
 
diff --git a/specter/include/Specter/Space.hpp b/specter/include/Specter/Space.hpp
index 858a9acd1..530a10b22 100644
--- a/specter/include/Specter/Space.hpp
+++ b/specter/include/Specter/Space.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct ISpaceController
 struct ISplitSpaceController
 {
     virtual SplitView* splitView()=0;
+    virtual void setSplit(float split)=0;
 };
 
 class Space : public View
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ class Space : public View
 
     bool m_cornerDrag = false;
     int m_cornerDragPoint[2];
-    ISplitSpaceController* m_cornerDragSplitSpace = nullptr;
 
     struct CornerView : View
     {
diff --git a/specter/include/Specter/SplitView.hpp b/specter/include/Specter/SplitView.hpp
index c5df79fe8..f60b4c93d 100644
--- a/specter/include/Specter/SplitView.hpp
+++ b/specter/include/Specter/SplitView.hpp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public:
     SplitView(ViewResources& res, View& parentView, Axis axis, int clearanceA=-1, int clearanceB=-1);
     View* setContentView(int slot, View* view);
     void setSplit(float slide);
+    void setAxis(Axis axis);
     void startDragSplit(const boo::SWindowCoord& coord);
     void mouseDown(const boo::SWindowCoord&, boo::EMouseButton, boo::EModifierKey);
     void mouseUp(const boo::SWindowCoord&, boo::EMouseButton, boo::EModifierKey);
diff --git a/specter/lib/RootView.cpp b/specter/lib/RootView.cpp
index 10e4e4406..92fcfb949 100644
--- a/specter/lib/RootView.cpp
+++ b/specter/lib/RootView.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ RootView::RootView(IViewManager& viewMan, ViewResources& res, boo::IWindow* wind
     m_renderTex = res.m_factory->newRenderTexture(rect.size[0], rect.size[1], 1);
     commitResources(res);
     resized(rect, rect);
+    printf("New RootView: %p\n", this);
 }
 
 void RootView::destroyed()
diff --git a/specter/lib/Space.cpp b/specter/lib/Space.cpp
index 6517f71f0..893a88ac5 100644
--- a/specter/lib/Space.cpp
+++ b/specter/lib/Space.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Space::Space(ViewResources& res, View& parentView, ISpaceController& controller,
         m_cornerView.m_view.reset(new CornerView(res, *this, spaceTriangleColor()));
     if (tbPos != Toolbar::Position::None)
         m_toolbar.m_view.reset(new Toolbar(res, *this, tbPos));
+    printf("New Space: %p\n", this);
 }
 
 Space::CornerView::CornerView(ViewResources& res, Space& space, const Zeus::CColor& triColor)
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ View* Space::setContentView(View* view)
     View* ret = m_contentView.m_view;
     m_contentView.m_view = view;
     updateSize();
+    printf("Set Space: %p [%p]\n", this, view);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -140,37 +142,29 @@ void Space::mouseUp(const boo::SWindowCoord& coord, boo::EMouseButton button, bo
 void Space::CornerView::mouseUp(const boo::SWindowCoord& coord, boo::EMouseButton button, boo::EModifierKey mod)
 {
     if (button == boo::EMouseButton::Primary)
-    {
         m_space.m_cornerDrag = false;
-        m_space.m_cornerDragSplitSpace = nullptr;
-    }
 }
 
 void Space::mouseMove(const boo::SWindowCoord& coord)
 {
-    if (m_cornerDragSplitSpace)
-    {
-        m_cornerDragSplitSpace->splitView()->mouseMove(coord);
-    }
-    else if (m_cornerDrag)
+    if (m_cornerDrag)
     {
         float pf = rootView().viewRes().pixelFactor();
+        ISplitSpaceController* cornerDragSplitSpace = nullptr;
         if (m_cornerView.m_view->m_flip)
         {
             if (coord.pixel[0] < m_cornerDragPoint[0] - CORNER_DRAG_THRESHOLD * pf)
-                m_cornerDragSplitSpace = m_controller.spaceSplit(SplitView::Axis::Vertical, 1);
+                rootView().viewManager().deferSpaceSplit(&m_controller, SplitView::Axis::Vertical, 1);
             else if (coord.pixel[1] < m_cornerDragPoint[1] - CORNER_DRAG_THRESHOLD * pf)
-                m_cornerDragSplitSpace = m_controller.spaceSplit(SplitView::Axis::Horizontal, 1);
+                rootView().viewManager().deferSpaceSplit(&m_controller, SplitView::Axis::Horizontal, 1);
         }
         else
         {
             if (coord.pixel[0] > m_cornerDragPoint[0] + CORNER_DRAG_THRESHOLD * pf)
-                m_cornerDragSplitSpace = m_controller.spaceSplit(SplitView::Axis::Vertical, 0);
+                rootView().viewManager().deferSpaceSplit(&m_controller, SplitView::Axis::Vertical, 0);
             else if (coord.pixel[1] > m_cornerDragPoint[1] + CORNER_DRAG_THRESHOLD * pf)
-                m_cornerDragSplitSpace = m_controller.spaceSplit(SplitView::Axis::Horizontal, 0);
+                rootView().viewManager().deferSpaceSplit(&m_controller, SplitView::Axis::Horizontal, 0);
         }
-        if (m_cornerDragSplitSpace)
-            m_cornerDragSplitSpace->splitView()->startDragSplit(coord);
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/specter/lib/SplitView.cpp b/specter/lib/SplitView.cpp
index 9532380f6..6b14d780b 100644
--- a/specter/lib/SplitView.cpp
+++ b/specter/lib/SplitView.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SplitView::SplitView(ViewResources& res, View& parentView, Axis axis, int cleara
     m_splitBlockBuf = res.m_factory->newDynamicBuffer(boo::BufferUse::Uniform, sizeof(ViewBlock), 1);
     m_splitVertsBinding.initTex(res, 4, m_splitBlockBuf, res.m_splitRes.m_shadingTex);
     commitResources(res);
+    printf("New SplitView: %p\n", this);
 }
 
 View* SplitView::setContentView(int slot, View* view)
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ View* SplitView::setContentView(int slot, View* view)
     m_views[slot].m_mouseDown = 0;
     m_views[slot].m_mouseIn = false;
     updateSize();
+    printf("Set SplitView: %p [%d,%p]\n", this, slot, view);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +73,12 @@ void SplitView::setSplit(float slide)
     updateSize();
 }
 
+void SplitView::setAxis(Axis axis)
+{
+    m_axis = axis;
+    setSplit(m_slide);
+}
+
 void SplitView::startDragSplit(const boo::SWindowCoord& coord)
 {
     m_dragging = true;