Following is a description of the Text Compare commands, in addition to the common commands. Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons.
Pick Tools > Options and switch to the Toolbars, etc. page to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.
Save Session |
Saves the current session. |
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Save Session As |
Saves the current session under a new name. |
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Session Settings |
Opens the Text Compare Session Settings dialog. |
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Locked |
Locks or unlocks current session. |
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Clear Session |
Replaces the current view with an empty Text Compare. |
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Swap Sides |
Exchanges the left and right files. |
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Reload Files |
Reloads the displayed files, prompting to save first if necessary. |
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Recompare Files |
Recompares the displayed files, preserving edits, but not undoability. |
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Text Compare Report |
Produces the Text Compare report. |
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Text Compare Info |
Displays comparison statistics. |
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Compare Files Using |
Opens the displayed files in a new session using a different class of file view. |
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Merge Files |
Opens a new Text Merge session based on the currently loaded files. |
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Compare Parent Folders |
Opens a new Folder Compare session based on the parent folders of the currently loaded files. |
The File menu
Open File |
Opens an existing file into the picked pane. |
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Open File on File System * |
Opens an existing local file into the picked pane. |
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Open File Using Profile * |
Opens an existing file into the picked pane using a profile. |
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Open Clipboard |
Loads the Clipboard contents into the picked pane. |
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Open With |
Opens the picked pane's file in one of the external Open With applications. |
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Open With > Associated Application |
Opens the picked pane's file with its associated application. |
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Open With > Text Edit |
Opens the picked pane's file with the built-in text editor. |
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Open With > Text Patch |
Opens the picked pane's file with the built-in patch view. |
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Save File |
Saves the modified file from the picked pane. |
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Save File As |
Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name. |
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Save File on File System As * |
Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name on the file system. |
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Save File Using Profile As * |
Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name using a profile. |
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Explorer |
Displays the file manager's context menu for the file in the picked pane. |
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Check In |
Appears if a source control provider has been configured and the file is under source control. |
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Check Out |
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Undo Check Out |
The Edit menu
Undo |
Undoes previous action. |
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Redo |
Redoes previously undone action. |
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Align With |
Allows you to select one or more lines, and then click on a line on the other side to force them to be side-by-side. |
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Isolate |
Realigns comparison so that selected lines are by themselves. |
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Replacement |
Adds item to the replacement list based on the current difference. |
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Copy to Right / Copy to Left * |
Copies selected lines or current section to indicated side. |
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Copy to Other Side |
Copies selected lines or current section to opposite side. The caption and icon appear as Copy to Right or Copy to Left depending on the current side. |
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Copy Line to Right / Copy Line to Left * |
Copies current line to indicated side. |
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Copy Line to Other Side |
Copies current line to other side. The caption and icon appear as Copy Line to Right or Copy Line to Left depending on the current side. |
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Increase Indent |
Increases indentation of selected lines. |
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Decrease Indent |
Decreases indentation of selected lines. |
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Cut / Copy / Paste / Delete |
Standard editing commands. |
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Delete Line * |
Deletes the current line. |
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Delete to Start of Line * |
Deletes text from the current position to the beginning of the line. |
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Delete to End of Line * |
Deletes text from the current position to the end of the line. |
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Delete Word * |
Deletes the word at the current position. |
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Delete to Start of Word * |
Deletes from the current position to the beginning of the word. |
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Delete to End of Word * |
Deletes from the current position to the end of the word. |
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Insert Line Before * |
Inserts a new blank line before the current line. |
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Insert Line After * |
Inserts a new blank line after the current line. |
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Select All |
Selects all visible lines in the current pane. |
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Select Section |
Selects all lines in the current section. |
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Compare Selection to Clipboard |
Compares the selected text with the contents of the clipboard in a new view. |
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Convert File > Trim Trailing Whitespace |
Strips off spaces and tab characters at end of lines. |
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Convert File > Leading Spaces to Tabs |
Replaces spaces at the beginning of lines with the appropriate number of tab characters (based on current tab stop setting). |
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Convert File > Tabs To Spaces |
Replaces all tab characters with the appropriate number of space characters (based on current tab stop setting). |
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Convert File > Line Endings |
Changes the line ending style on all lines. |
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Full Edit |
Toggles between full character mode editing (marked) and Beyond Compare 2-like line mode (unmarked) in the main file panes. |
The Search menu
Next Difference |
Positions at next difference text. |
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Previous Difference |
Positions at previous difference text. |
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Next Difference Section |
Positions at next difference section. |
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Previous Difference Section |
Positions at previous difference section. |
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Next Difference Files |
Opens the parent folder session's next pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.) |
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Previous Difference Files |
Opens the parent folder session's previous pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.) |
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Copy File to Right and Open Next Difference |
Copies the entire left-side file to the right and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.) |
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Copy File to Left and Open Next Difference |
Copies the entire right-side file to the left and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.) |
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Next Replacement |
Positions at next replacement text. |
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Previous Replacement |
Positions at previous replacement text. |
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Next Edit |
Positions at the next edited line beyond the cursor. |
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Previous Edit |
Positions at previous edited line before the cursor. |
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Find |
Searches for matching text. |
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Replace |
Replaces matching text. |
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Find Next |
Finds next occurrence of search string. |
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Find Previous |
Finds previous occurrence of search string. |
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Go To |
Positions at specified line and column. |
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Toggle Bookmark |
Places a numbered marker on the current line of the comparison, numbered from 0 to 9. |
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Go To Bookmark |
Repositions at the specified bookmark. |
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Clear Bookmarks |
Removes all bookmarks from the comparison. |
The View menu
Show All |
Shows all lines, with or without differences. |
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Show Differences |
Shows only lines with differences. |
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Show Same |
Shows only lines without differences. |
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Show None * |
Hides all lines. |
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Show Context |
Shows lines surrounding differences. The number of context lines can be set in Text View Options. |
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Ignore Unimportant Differences |
Treats unimportant differences as same. |
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Ignored |
Suppresses differences in selected lines or current section. |
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Visible Whitespace |
Shows or hides visible spaces, tabs. |
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Line Numbers |
Shows or hides line numbers. |
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Syntax Highlighting |
Shows or hides syntax highlighting. |
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Display Font * |
Selects the font to use in editor panes. |
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Increase Display Font Size * |
Increases editor font size. |
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Decrease Display Font Size * |
Decreases editor font size. |
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Reset Display Font Size * |
Resets editor font size. |
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Side-by-side Layout |
Arranges editor panes left and right of each other. |
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Over-under Layout |
Arranges editor panes above and below each other. |
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Webpages |
Shows or hides web browser panels that display the current files as webpages. |
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Thumbnail |
Shows or hides the thumbnail summary of changes at left of view. |
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Text Details |
Shows or hides the text details panel at bottom of view. |
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Hex Details |
Shows or hides the hexadecimal details panel at bottom of view. |
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Alignment Details |
Shows or hides the alignment details panel at bottom of view. |
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Ruler |
Shows or hides the line details ruler. |
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File Info |
Shows or hides file information panels at the top of editor panes. |
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Toolbar |
Shows or hides the toolbar. |
* Hidden by default.