diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/grid.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/grid.ts
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+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+import Event, { anyEvent } from 'vs/base/common/event';
+import { Orientation } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/sash/sash';
+import { append, $ } from 'vs/base/browser/dom';
+import { SplitView, IView } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/splitview';
+export { Orientation } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/sash/sash';
+
+export class GridNode implements IView {
+
+	get minimumSize(): number {
+		let result = 0;
+
+		for (const child of this.children) {
+			for (const grandchild of child.children) {
+				result += grandchild.minimumSize;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return result === 0 ? 50 : result;
+	}
+
+	readonly maximumSize = Number.MAX_VALUE;
+
+	private _onDidChange: Event<number | undefined> = Event.None;
+	get onDidChange(): Event<number | undefined> {
+		return this._onDidChange;
+	}
+
+	protected orientation: Orientation | undefined;
+	protected size: number | undefined;
+	protected orthogonalSize: number | undefined;
+	private splitview: SplitView | undefined;
+	private children: GridNode[] = [];
+	private color: string | undefined;
+
+	constructor(private parent?: GridNode, orthogonalSize?: number, color?: string) {
+		this.orthogonalSize = orthogonalSize;
+		this.color = color || `hsl(${Math.round(Math.random() * 360)}, 72%, 72%)`;
+	}
+
+	render(container: HTMLElement): void {
+		container = append(container, $('.node'));
+		container.style.backgroundColor = this.color;
+
+		append(container, $('.action', { onclick: () => this.split(container, Orientation.HORIZONTAL) }, '⬌'));
+		append(container, $('.action', { onclick: () => this.split(container, Orientation.VERTICAL) }, '⬍'));
+	}
+
+	protected split(container: HTMLElement, orientation: Orientation): void {
+		if (this.parent && this.parent.orientation === orientation) {
+			const index = this.parent.children.indexOf(this);
+			this.parent.addChild(this.size / 2, this.orthogonalSize, index + 1);
+		} else {
+			this.branch(container, orientation);
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected branch(container: HTMLElement, orientation: Orientation): void {
+		this.orientation = orientation;
+		container.innerHTML = '';
+
+		this.splitview = new SplitView(container, { orientation });
+		this.layout(this.size);
+		this.orthogonalLayout(this.orthogonalSize);
+
+		this.addChild(this.orthogonalSize / 2, this.size, 0, this.color);
+		this.addChild(this.orthogonalSize / 2, this.size);
+	}
+
+	layout(size: number): void {
+		this.size = size;
+
+		for (const child of this.children) {
+			child.orthogonalLayout(size);
+		}
+	}
+
+	orthogonalLayout(size: number): void {
+		this.orthogonalSize = size;
+
+		if (this.splitview) {
+			this.splitview.layout(size);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private addChild(size: number, orthogonalSize: number, index?: number, color?: string): void {
+		const child = new GridNode(this, orthogonalSize, color);
+		this.splitview.addView(child, size, index);
+
+		if (typeof index === 'number') {
+			this.children.splice(index, 0, child);
+		} else {
+			this.children.push(child);
+		}
+
+		this._onDidChange = anyEvent(...this.children.map(c => c.onDidChange));
+	}
+}
+
+export class RootGridNode extends GridNode {
+
+	private width: number;
+	private height: number;
+
+	protected branch(container: HTMLElement, orientation: Orientation): void {
+		if (orientation === Orientation.VERTICAL) {
+			this.size = this.width;
+			this.orthogonalSize = this.height;
+		} else {
+			this.size = this.height;
+			this.orthogonalSize = this.width;
+		}
+
+		super.branch(container, orientation);
+	}
+
+	layoutBox(width: number, height: number): void {
+		if (this.orientation === Orientation.VERTICAL) {
+			this.layout(width);
+			this.orthogonalLayout(height);
+		} else if (this.orientation === Orientation.HORIZONTAL) {
+			this.layout(height);
+			this.orthogonalLayout(width);
+		} else {
+			this.width = width;
+			this.height = height;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export class Grid {
+
+	private root: RootGridNode;
+
+	constructor(container: HTMLElement) {
+		this.root = new RootGridNode();
+		this.root.render(container);
+	}
+
+	layout(width: number, height: number): void {
+		this.root.layoutBox(width, height);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/grid.html b/test/grid.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+
+<head>
+	<meta charset="utf-8" />
+	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
+	<title>Grid Example</title>
+	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+	<script src="../out/vs/loader.js"></script>
+	<script>
+		require.config({ baseUrl: '../out' });
+
+		require(['vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/grid'], ({ Grid }) => {
+			const grid = new Grid(document.body);
+			const layout = () => grid.layout(document.body.clientWidth, document.body.clientHeight);
+			window.onresize = layout;
+			layout();
+		});
+	</script>
+	<style>
+		html,
+		body {
+			width: 100%;
+			height: 100%;
+			padding: 0;
+			margin: 0;
+		}
+
+		.node {
+			width: 100%;
+			height: 100%;
+			box-sizing: border-box;
+			display: flex;
+			align-items: center;
+			justify-content: center;
+		}
+
+		.action {
+			display: inline-block;
+			width: 16px;
+			height: 16px;
+			border: 1px solid #3c3c3c;
+			text-align: center;
+			line-height: 16px;
+			border-radius: 3px;
+		}
+
+		.action:hover {
+			cursor: pointer;
+			background-color: #ffffff54;
+		}
+	</style>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+
+</body>
+
+</html>
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