Toolbar and Contextual Menu Actions of the Compare Directories Tool
The toolbar of the Compare Directories tool contains operations that can be performed on the compared directory structure. Some of the toolbar actions are also available in the contextual menu.
Compare toolbar
Toolbar Actions
Copy
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Copy
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Binary
Compare- Performs a byte-level comparison on the selected files.
Diff
Options- where you can configure various options.
Show Only Modifications- Displays a more uncluttered file structure by hiding all identical files.
- File and folder filters
- Differences can be filtered using three combo boxes: Include
files, Exclude files, and Exclude
folders. They come with predefined values and are editable to allow
custom values. All of them accept multiple comma-separated values and the * and
? wildcards. For example, to filter out all JPEG and
GIF image files, edit the Exclude files
filter box to read
*.jpeg,*.png. Each filter includes a drop-down menu with the latest 15 filters applied.
Contextual Menu Actions
Perform Files
Differencing- Opens the Compare Files tool that allows you to compare the currently selected files.
Binary Compare- Performs a byte-level comparison on the selected files.
- Open
- If the action is invoked on a file, the selected file is opened in Oxygen XML Author plugin. If the action is invoked on a directory, the selected directory is opened in the default file browser for your particular operating system.
- Open in System Application
- Opens the selected file in the system application that is associated with that type of file. The action is available when launching the Compare Directories tool from the Tools menu in Oxygen XML Author plugin.
- Show in Explorer
- Opens the default file browser for your particular operating system with the selected file highlighted.
Copy Change from Right to Left
Copy Change from Left to Right