Following is a description of the Text Merge 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 Merge 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 Merge. |
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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 Merge Info |
Displays merge statistics. |
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Compare to Output > Left Side / Center Side / Right Side |
Opens the file on the indicated side and the output file in a new Text Compare session. |
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Merge Parent Folders |
Opens a new Folder Merge 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. |
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 line, and then click on a second line 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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Conflict |
Clears or sets conflict for selected lines or current section. |
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Take Left / Take Center / Take Right |
Takes selected lines or current section from indicated side. |
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Take Left Then Right / Take Right Then Left |
Takes selected lines or current section from left and right in the indicated order. |
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Take Left Line / Take Center Line / Take Right Line |
Takes current line from indicated 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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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
Clear Conflict Section, Next |
Clears conflict for current section and positions at next conflict section. |
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Next Conflict Section |
Positions at next conflict section. |
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Previous Conflict Section |
Positions at previous conflict section. |
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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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Take Left File and Open Next Difference |
Takes the entire left-side file and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.) |
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Take Right File and Open Next Difference |
Takes the entire right-side file and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.) |
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Next Left Taken / Next Right Taken |
Positions at next range of lines where indicated side was taken. |
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Previous Left Taken / Previous Right Taken |
Positions at previous range of lines where indicated side was taken. |
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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 unchanged, same change, left change, right change, different change and conflict lines. |
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Show Changes |
Shows same change, left change, right change, different change and conflict lines. |
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Show Conflicts |
Shows conflict lines. |
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Show Left Changes |
Shows same change, left change, different change and conflict lines. |
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Show Right Changes |
Shows same change, right change, different change and conflict lines. |
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Show Mergeable |
Shows same change, left change, right change, and different change lines. |
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Show Unchanged |
Shows unchanged lines. |
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Show None * |
Shows no 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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Ignore Same Changes |
Treats same changes as same. |
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Favor Left Changes |
Suppresses highlighting of left-only changes in output. |
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Favor Right Changes |
Suppresses highlighting of right-only changes in output. |
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Ignored |
Ignores (or unignores) 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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Detached Output Pane |
Shows output pane in separate window. |
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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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Center Pane |
Shows or hides center pane. |
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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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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.