diff --git a/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js b/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js
index e5ca32c45..53c3ccbbd 100644
--- a/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js
+++ b/src/public/app/components/tab_manager.js
@@ -451,16 +451,23 @@ export default class TabManager extends Component {
         this.tabsUpdate.scheduleUpdate();
     }
 
-    noteContextReorderEvent({ntxIdsInOrder}) {
-        const order = {};
-        let i = 0;
-
-        for (const ntxId of ntxIdsInOrder) {
-            order[ntxId] = i++;
-        }
+    noteContextReorderEvent({ntxIdsInOrder, oldMainNtxId, newMainNtxId}) {
+        const order = Object.fromEntries(ntxIdsInOrder.map((v, i) => [v, i]));
 
         this.children.sort((a, b) => order[a.ntxId] < order[b.ntxId] ? -1 : 1);
 
+        if (oldMainNtxId && newMainNtxId) {
+            this.children.forEach(c => {
+                if (c.ntxId === newMainNtxId) {
+                    // new main context has null mainNtxId
+                    c.mainNtxId = null;
+                } else if (c.ntxId === oldMainNtxId || c.mainNtxId === oldMainNtxId) {
+                    // old main context or subcontexts all have the new mainNtxId
+                    c.mainNtxId = newMainNtxId;
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
         this.tabsUpdate.scheduleUpdate();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js b/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
index 17dcc99a7..62e6b3ed1 100644
--- a/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
+++ b/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ import CodeButtonsWidget from "../widgets/floating_buttons/code_buttons.js";
 import ApiLogWidget from "../widgets/api_log.js";
 import HideFloatingButtonsButton from "../widgets/floating_buttons/hide_floating_buttons_button.js";
 import ScriptExecutorWidget from "../widgets/ribbon_widgets/script_executor.js";
+import MovePaneButton from "../widgets/buttons/move_pane_button.js";
 
 export default class DesktopLayout {
     constructor(customWidgets) {
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ export default class DesktopLayout {
                                         .child(new NoteIconWidget())
                                         .child(new NoteTitleWidget())
                                         .child(new SpacerWidget(0, 1))
+                                        .child(new MovePaneButton(true))
+                                        .child(new MovePaneButton(false))
                                         .child(new ClosePaneButton())
                                         .child(new CreatePaneButton())
                                     )
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/buttons/close_pane_button.js b/src/public/app/widgets/buttons/close_pane_button.js
index 690dcac6f..220fd2cca 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/buttons/close_pane_button.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/buttons/close_pane_button.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ export default class ClosePaneButton extends OnClickButtonWidget {
             && this.noteContext && !!this.noteContext.mainNtxId;
     }
 
+    async noteContextReorderEvent({ntxIdsInOrder}) {
+        this.refresh();
+    }
+
     constructor() {
         super();
 
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/buttons/move_pane_button.js b/src/public/app/widgets/buttons/move_pane_button.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..632651ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/buttons/move_pane_button.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import OnClickButtonWidget from "./onclick_button.js";
+import appContext from "../../components/app_context.js";
+
+export default class MovePaneButton extends OnClickButtonWidget {
+    constructor(isMovingLeft) {
+        super();
+
+        this.isMovingLeft = isMovingLeft;
+
+        this.icon(isMovingLeft ? "bx-chevron-left" : "bx-chevron-right")
+            .title(isMovingLeft ? "Move left" : "Move right")
+            .titlePlacement("bottom")
+            .onClick(async (widget, e) => {
+                e.stopPropagation();
+                widget.triggerCommand("moveThisNoteSplit", {ntxId: widget.getClosestNtxId(), isMovingLeft: this.isMovingLeft});
+            })
+            .class("icon-action");
+    }
+
+    isEnabled() {
+        if (!super.isEnabled()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (this.isMovingLeft) {
+            // movable if the current context is not a main context, i.e. non-null mainNtxId
+            return !!this.noteContext?.mainNtxId;
+        } else {
+            const currentIndex = appContext.tabManager.noteContexts.findIndex(c => c.ntxId === this.ntxId);
+            const nextContext = appContext.tabManager.noteContexts[currentIndex + 1];
+            // movable if the next context is not null and not a main context, i.e. non-null mainNtxId
+            return !!nextContext?.mainNtxId;
+        }
+    }
+
+    async noteContextRemovedEvent() {
+        this.refresh();
+    }
+
+    async newNoteContextCreatedEvent() {
+        this.refresh();
+    }
+
+    async noteContextReorderEvent() {
+        this.refresh();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/containers/split_note_container.js b/src/public/app/widgets/containers/split_note_container.js
index 66356164d..0188add6d 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/containers/split_note_container.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/containers/split_note_container.js
@@ -74,6 +74,50 @@ export default class SplitNoteContainer extends FlexContainer {
         appContext.tabManager.removeNoteContext(ntxId);
     }
 
+    async moveThisNoteSplitCommand({ntxId, isMovingLeft}) {
+        if (!ntxId) {
+            logError("empty ntxId!");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const contexts = appContext.tabManager.noteContexts;
+
+        const currentIndex = contexts.findIndex(c => c.ntxId === ntxId);
+        const leftIndex = isMovingLeft ? currentIndex - 1 : currentIndex;
+
+        if (currentIndex === -1 || leftIndex < 0 || leftIndex + 1 >= contexts.length) {
+            logError(`invalid context! currentIndex: ${currentIndex}, leftIndex: ${leftIndex}, contexts.length: ${contexts.length}`);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (contexts[leftIndex].isEmpty() && contexts[leftIndex + 1].isEmpty()) {
+            // no op
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const ntxIds = contexts.map(c => c.ntxId);
+        const newNtxIds = [
+            ...ntxIds.slice(0, leftIndex),
+            ntxIds[leftIndex + 1],
+            ntxIds[leftIndex],
+            ...ntxIds.slice(leftIndex + 2),
+        ];
+        const isChangingMainContext = !contexts[leftIndex].mainNtxId;
+
+        this.triggerCommand("noteContextReorder", {
+            ntxIdsInOrder: newNtxIds,
+            oldMainNtxId: isChangingMainContext ? ntxIds[leftIndex] : null,
+            newMainNtxId: isChangingMainContext ? ntxIds[leftIndex + 1]: null,
+        });
+
+        // reorder the note context widgets
+        this.$widget.find(`[data-ntx-id="${ntxIds[leftIndex]}"]`)
+            .insertAfter(this.$widget.find(`[data-ntx-id="${ntxIds[leftIndex + 1]}"]`));
+
+        // activate context that now contains the original note
+        await appContext.tabManager.activateNoteContext(isMovingLeft ? ntxIds[leftIndex + 1] : ntxIds[leftIndex]);
+    }
+
     activeContextChangedEvent() {
         this.refresh();
     }
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/tab_row.js b/src/public/app/widgets/tab_row.js
index 55a5da24c..9081ed9e1 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/tab_row.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/tab_row.js
@@ -609,6 +609,17 @@ export default class TabRowWidget extends BasicWidget {
         this.updateTabById(noteContext.mainNtxId || noteContext.ntxId);
     }
 
+    noteContextReorderEvent({oldMainNtxId, newMainNtxId}) {
+        if (!oldMainNtxId || !newMainNtxId) {
+            // no need to update tab row
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // update tab id for the new main context
+        this.getTabById(oldMainNtxId).attr("data-ntx-id", newMainNtxId);
+        this.updateTabById(newMainNtxId);        
+    }
+
     updateTabById(ntxId) {
         const $tab = this.getTabById(ntxId);