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Toolbar and Contextual Menu Actions of the Compare Files Tool

The toolbar of the Compare Files tool contains operations that can be performed on the source and target files or XML fragments. Many of the actions are also available in the contextual menu.

The following actions are available:

Algorithm

This drop-down menu allows you to select one of the following diff algorithms (depending on whether it is a two-way or three-way comparison):

Diff Options

Opens the Files Comparison preferences pageFiles Comparison preferences page where you can configure various options.

Synchronized scrolling

Toggles synchronized scrolling on or off so that a selected difference can be seen on both sides of the application window. This option is on by default.

Ignore Whitespaces

Enables or disables the whitespace ignoring feature. Ignoring whitespace means that before performing the comparison, the application normalizes the content and trims its leading and trailing whitespaces. This option is not available when in the Author comparison mode.

Format and Indent Both Files ()

This option is not available when in the Author comparison mode.

Note:

Tags Display Mode

Allows you to select the amount of markup to be displayed in the Author visual comparison mode. You can choose between:

Full Tags with Attributes,

Full Tags,

Block Tags,

Block Tags without Element Names,

Inline Tags,

Partial Tags, or

No Tags.

Copy Change from Right to Left

Copy All Changes from Right to Left

Copy All Changes from Left to Right

Copy Change from Left to Right

Base

Available for three-way comparisons. It is the base file that will be compared with the files opened in the left and right editors. You can specify the path to the file by using the text field, its history drop-down, or the browsing actions in the

Browse drop-down menu.

Left-Side (Source) File

You can specify the path to the file to be compared on the left side (source) by using the text field, its history drop-down, or the browsing actions in the

Browse drop-down menu.

Save: Saves the changes made in the source (left-side) file.
Reload: Reloads the source (left-side) file.
Close: Closes the source (left-side) file.

Right-Side (Target) File

You can specify the path to the file to be compared on the right side (target) by using the text field, its history drop-down, or the browsing actions in the

Browse drop-down menu.

Save: Saves the target (right-side) file.
Reload: Reloads the target (right-side) file.
Close: Closes the target (right-side) file.