diff --git a/src/css/easymde.css b/src/css/easymde.css
index 1a0881a..d2416ee 100644
--- a/src/css/easymde.css
+++ b/src/css/easymde.css
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
     width: 50% !important;
 }
 
+.CodeMirror-sided--no-fullscreen {
+    position: relative;
+    float: left;
+}
+
 .CodeMirror-placeholder {
     opacity: .5;
 }
@@ -195,6 +200,10 @@
     text-align: right;
 }
 
+.editor-statusbar.sided--no-fullscreen {
+    clear: both;
+}
+
 .editor-statusbar span {
     display: inline-block;
     min-width: 4em;
@@ -243,6 +252,14 @@
     display: block
 }
 
+.editor-preview-active-side--no-fullscreen {
+    height: auto;
+    position: static;
+    min-height: calc(300px + 22px);
+    width: calc(50% - 0px);
+    float: right;
+}
+
 .editor-preview-active {
     display: block
 }
diff --git a/src/js/easymde.js b/src/js/easymde.js
index b6c7a1e..dd8fb79 100644
--- a/src/js/easymde.js
+++ b/src/js/easymde.js
@@ -858,6 +858,18 @@ function toggleSideBySide(editor) {
     var toolbarButton = editor.toolbarElements && editor.toolbarElements['side-by-side'];
     var useSideBySideListener = false;
     if (/editor-preview-active-side/.test(preview.className)) {
+        if (cm.getOption('sideBySideFullscreen')) {
+            cm.setOption('sideBySideFullscreen', false);
+            wrapper.className = wrapper.className.replace(
+                /\s*CodeMirror-sided--no-fullscreen\s*/g, ''
+            );
+            preview.className = preview.className.replace(
+                /\s*editor-preview-active-side--no-fullscreen\s*/g, ''
+            );
+            editor.gui.statusbar.className = editor.gui.statusbar.className.replace(
+                /\s*sided--no-fullscreen\s*/g, ''
+            );
+        }
         preview.className = preview.className.replace(
             /\s*editor-preview-active-side\s*/g, ''
         );
@@ -868,8 +880,16 @@ function toggleSideBySide(editor) {
         // give some time for the transition from editor.css to fire and the view to slide from right to left,
         // instead of just appearing.
         setTimeout(function () {
-            if (!cm.getOption('fullScreen'))
-                toggleFullScreen(editor);
+            if (!cm.getOption('fullScreen')) {
+                if (editor.options.sideBySideFullscreen === false) {
+                    cm.setOption('sideBySideFullscreen', true);
+                    wrapper.className += ' CodeMirror-sided--no-fullscreen';
+                    preview.className += ' editor-preview-active-side--no-fullscreen';
+                    editor.gui.statusbar.className += ' sided--no-fullscreen';
+                } else {
+                    toggleFullScreen(editor);
+                }
+            }
             preview.className += ' editor-preview-active-side';
         }, 1);
         if (toolbarButton) toolbarButton.className += ' active';