diff --git a/docs/PLAN.md b/docs/PLAN.md
index 8dab9fa..73e3888 100644
--- a/docs/PLAN.md
+++ b/docs/PLAN.md
@@ -135,6 +135,14 @@ Therefore the palette is replaced, not extended, and the replacement is built on
   and by mouse buttons/gestures; the config carries both a key `trigger` and a
   mouse `button` per radial.
 - Not yet done: free-form stroke gestures (only button-press gesture so far).
+- Built-in radials: an **edit** radial (Alt+R / right button) of in-place
+  actions, and a **window** radial (**middle button**) for split management
+  (`view_split_vert|horiz`, `view_close_current_space|others`,
+  `view_split_toggle`, and a "Focus" sub-branch of `go_*_split_view`). A plain
+  middle press (no left button held) routes to this radial; the Acme chords are
+  all **left+something**, so a middle press that is part of a chord
+  (left held) still cuts and never opens the radial. The X11 middle-click
+  primary paste is suppressed on release either way.
 - User-file radial config — DONE. `RadialConfig::load()` reads
   `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/olliepalette/radials.json` when present and non-empty,
   otherwise returns `builtinDefault()`; a present-but-broken file also falls
diff --git a/docs/radials.example.json b/docs/radials.example.json
index 797aecb..791e56b 100644
--- a/docs/radials.example.json
+++ b/docs/radials.example.json
@@ -25,6 +25,28 @@
           ]
         }
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "window",
+      "button": "MiddleButton",
+      "slices": [
+        { "label": "Split Vertical",     "action": "view_split_vert" },
+        { "label": "Split Horizontal",   "action": "view_split_horiz" },
+        { "label": "Close Split",        "action": "view_close_current_space" },
+        { "label": "Close Others",       "action": "view_close_others" },
+        { "label": "Toggle Orientation", "action": "view_split_toggle" },
+        {
+          "label": "Focus",
+          "slices": [
+            { "label": "Left",     "action": "go_left_split_view" },
+            { "label": "Right",    "action": "go_right_split_view" },
+            { "label": "Up",       "action": "go_upward_split_view" },
+            { "label": "Down",     "action": "go_downward_split_view" },
+            { "label": "Next",     "action": "go_next_split_view" },
+            { "label": "Previous", "action": "go_prev_split_view" }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/plugin/ollieplugin.cpp b/src/plugin/ollieplugin.cpp
index aab8219..2d6a3d8 100644
--- a/src/plugin/ollieplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugin/ollieplugin.cpp
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ bool OllieView::eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *event)
             return true;
         case QEvent::MouseButtonRelease:
             m_gestureActive = false;
+            m_swallowMiddleRelease = false; // the gesture consumed this release
             if (m_radial) {
                 m_radial->driveReleaseGlobal(
                     static_cast<QMouseEvent *>(event)->globalPosition().toPoint());
@@ -1030,14 +1031,23 @@ bool OllieView::eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *event)
 
         if (mev->button() == Qt::MiddleButton && inView) {
             if (m_leftDownInView) {
+                // left + middle = Cut the selection (Acme chord). Consume both
+                // press and release; never a radial.
                 if (QAction *cut = findActionByName(QStringLiteral("edit_cut"))) {
                     cut->trigger();
                 }
+                m_swallowMiddleRelease = true;
+                return true;
             }
-            // Consume press (and its release) to suppress middle-click primary
-            // paste entirely inside the editor.
+            // A plain middle press (no chord): always suppress the X11 primary
+            // paste that fires on release. If the middle button is bound to a
+            // radial, fall through to the radial dispatch below; otherwise
+            // consume the press here too.
             m_swallowMiddleRelease = true;
-            return true;
+            if (!m_buttonToRadial.contains(static_cast<int>(Qt::MiddleButton))) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            // else: do not return — let the radial-trigger dispatch handle it.
         }
         if (mev->button() == Qt::LeftButton && inView) {
             m_leftDownInView = true; // anchor set; selection proceeds normally
diff --git a/src/radial/radialconfig.cpp b/src/radial/radialconfig.cpp
index b70898f..8140e40 100644
--- a/src/radial/radialconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/radial/radialconfig.cpp
@@ -171,7 +171,37 @@ QList<RadialDef> RadialConfig::builtinDefault()
         more,
     };
 
-    return {edit};
+    // A second radial for window/split management, triggered by the middle
+    // mouse button. Split ops are inherently about window layout, not the caret,
+    // so a dedicated radial keeps them off the keyboard and out of the edit
+    // radial. MiddleButton is safe: every Acme chord is left+something, and a
+    // plain middle press (no left held) is routed here, not to a chord. Leaf ids
+    // are Kate's view-manager action objectNames.
+    RadialDef window;
+    window.name = QStringLiteral("window");
+    window.mouseButton = QStringLiteral("MiddleButton");
+
+    RadialNode focus;
+    focus.label = QStringLiteral("Focus");
+    focus.children = {
+        leaf(QStringLiteral("Left"), QStringLiteral("go_left_split_view")),
+        leaf(QStringLiteral("Right"), QStringLiteral("go_right_split_view")),
+        leaf(QStringLiteral("Up"), QStringLiteral("go_upward_split_view")),
+        leaf(QStringLiteral("Down"), QStringLiteral("go_downward_split_view")),
+        leaf(QStringLiteral("Next"), QStringLiteral("go_next_split_view")),
+        leaf(QStringLiteral("Previous"), QStringLiteral("go_prev_split_view")),
+    };
+
+    window.root.children = {
+        leaf(QStringLiteral("Split Vertical"), QStringLiteral("view_split_vert")),
+        leaf(QStringLiteral("Split Horizontal"), QStringLiteral("view_split_horiz")),
+        leaf(QStringLiteral("Close Split"), QStringLiteral("view_close_current_space")),
+        leaf(QStringLiteral("Close Others"), QStringLiteral("view_close_others")),
+        leaf(QStringLiteral("Toggle Orientation"), QStringLiteral("view_split_toggle")),
+        focus,
+    };
+
+    return {edit, window};
 }
 
 } // namespace katecustom
diff --git a/src/radial/test_radialconfig.cpp b/src/radial/test_radialconfig.cpp
index e189935..f48d46c 100644
--- a/src/radial/test_radialconfig.cpp
+++ b/src/radial/test_radialconfig.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,34 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
         QVERIFY(hasBranch);
     }
 
+    void builtinHasWindowRadialOnMiddleButton()
+    {
+        const QList<RadialDef> defs = RadialConfig::builtinDefault();
+        QCOMPARE(defs.size(), 2);
+        // Find the window radial (second def), triggered by the middle button.
+        const RadialDef *window = nullptr;
+        for (const RadialDef &d : defs) {
+            if (d.name == QStringLiteral("window")) {
+                window = &d;
+            }
+        }
+        QVERIFY(window);
+        QCOMPARE(window->mouseButton, QStringLiteral("MiddleButton"));
+
+        // It must expose the core split ops by their Kate action objectNames.
+        QStringList ids;
+        for (const RadialNode &n : window->root.children) {
+            ids << n.actionId;
+            for (const RadialNode &c : n.children) {
+                ids << c.actionId;
+            }
+        }
+        QVERIFY(ids.contains(QStringLiteral("view_split_vert")));
+        QVERIFY(ids.contains(QStringLiteral("view_split_horiz")));
+        QVERIFY(ids.contains(QStringLiteral("view_close_current_space")));
+        QVERIFY(ids.contains(QStringLiteral("go_left_split_view")));
+    }
+
     void builtinDefaultHasLauncherSlices()
     {
         // The "More" branch exposes the Go-to-File / Go-to-Symbol switchers and