diff --git a/runtime/doc/terminal.txt b/runtime/doc/terminal.txt
index f17221e..d7cfb1b 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/terminal.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/terminal.txt
@@ -1487,7 +1487,10 @@
 	let g:termdebug_config['disasm_window_height'] = 15
 If there is no g:termdebug_config you can use: >
 	let g:termdebug_disasm_window = 15
-Any value greater than 1 will set the Asm window height to that value.
+Any value greater than 1 will set the Asm window height to that value.  
+If the current window has enough horizontal space, it will be vertically split
+and the Asm window will be shown side by side with the source code window (and
+the height option won't be used).
 
 						*termdebug_variables_window*
 If you want the Var window shown by default, set the "variables_window" flag
@@ -1498,6 +1501,9 @@
 If there is no g:termdebug_config you can use: >
 	let g:termdebug_variables_window = 15
 Any value greater than 1 will set the Var window height to that value.
+If the current window has enough horizontal space, it will be vertically split
+and the Var window will be shown side by side with the source code window (and
+the height options won't be used).
 
 Communication ~
 						*termdebug-communication*
diff --git a/runtime/pack/dist/opt/termdebug/plugin/termdebug.vim b/runtime/pack/dist/opt/termdebug/plugin/termdebug.vim
index 144d083..6d8e483 100644
--- a/runtime/pack/dist/opt/termdebug/plugin/termdebug.vim
+++ b/runtime/pack/dist/opt/termdebug/plugin/termdebug.vim
@@ -859,7 +859,9 @@
   let nameIdx = matchstrpos(a:varinfo, '{name="\([^"]*\)"')
   let dict['name'] = a:varinfo[nameIdx[1] + 7 : nameIdx[2] - 2]
   let typeIdx = matchstrpos(a:varinfo, ',type="\([^"]*\)"')
-  let dict['type'] = a:varinfo[typeIdx[1] + 7 : typeIdx[2] - 2]
+  " 'type' maybe is a url-like string,
+  " try to shorten it and show only the /tail
+  let dict['type'] = (a:varinfo[typeIdx[1] + 7 : typeIdx[2] - 2])->fnamemodify(':t')
   let valueIdx = matchstrpos(a:varinfo, ',value="\(.*\)"}')
   if valueIdx[1] == -1
     let dict['value'] = 'Complex value'
@@ -1429,8 +1431,15 @@
 
 func s:GotoAsmwinOrCreateIt()
   if !win_gotoid(s:asmwin)
+    let mdf = ''
     if win_gotoid(s:sourcewin)
-      exe 'rightbelow new'
+      " 60 is approx spaceBuffer * 3
+      if winwidth(0) > (78 + 60)
+        let mdf = 'vert'
+        exe mdf .. ' ' .. 60 .. 'new'
+      else
+        exe 'rightbelow new'
+      endif
     else
       exe 'new'
     endif
@@ -1452,7 +1461,7 @@
       let s:asmbuf = bufnr('Termdebug-asm-listing')
     endif
 
-    if s:GetDisasmWindowHeight() > 0
+    if mdf != 'vert' && s:GetDisasmWindowHeight() > 0
       exe 'resize ' .. s:GetDisasmWindowHeight()
     endif
   endif
@@ -1492,8 +1501,15 @@
 
 func s:GotoVariableswinOrCreateIt()
   if !win_gotoid(s:varwin)
+    let mdf = ''
     if win_gotoid(s:sourcewin)
-      exe 'rightbelow new'
+      " 60 is approx spaceBuffer * 3
+      if winwidth(0) > (78 + 60)
+        let mdf = 'vert'
+        exe mdf .. ' ' .. 60 .. 'new'
+      else
+        exe 'rightbelow new'
+      endif
     else
       exe 'new'
     endif
@@ -1514,7 +1530,7 @@
       let s:varbuf = bufnr('Termdebug-variables-listing')
     endif
 
-    if s:GetVariablesWindowHeight() > 0
+    if mdf != 'vert' && s:GetVariablesWindowHeight() > 0
       exe 'resize ' .. s:GetVariablesWindowHeight()
     endif
   endif