The controls for split screen are currently found in the main area and in transformation dialog boxes:
Main area toolbar: Horizontal/Vertical/Auto Split Screen.
Transformation toolbar: Input/Preview/Split/Sync
What if all split-screen buttons were included in a unique toolbar in the main image area?
As a side benefit, the transformation dialog boxes would be less cluttered.
This would mean rewriting the code for more than 100 transformations and revising screen shots in the help file and main documentation. There would have to be a really big payoff to make this worthwhile.