This toolbar contains the operations that can be performed on the source and target files.
The Compare Toolbar
The following actions are available:
Characters algorithm computes the differences at character level;
Words algorithm computes the differences at word level;
Lines algorithm computes the differences at line level;
Syntax Aware for file types known by Oxygen XML Diff. It computes the differences considering the documents syntax.
XML Fast works on larger files but it is less precise than XML Accurate.
XML Accurate works best on small files XML files.
Auto selects the most appropriate algorithm, based on the files content and size. By default, an Auto mode is selected.
Diff
Options - Opens the Files
Comparison page.
Perform Files Differencing - Performs a comparison
between the source and target files.
Next Block of Changes - Jumps to the next block of
changes. This action is disabled when the cursor is positioned on the last change block or
when there are no changes in the document. In Oxygen Diff Directories,
when the last block of changes in the current file is reached, the behaviour of this action
is controlled by Navigation options.
Previous Block of Changes - Jumps to the previous
block of changes. This action is disabled when the cursor is positioned on the first change
block or when there are no changes in the document. In Oxygen Diff Directories,
when the first block of changes in the current file is reached, the behaviour of this action
is controlled by Navigation options.
Next Change - Jumps to the next change from the current block of changes.
When the last change from the current block of changes is reached, it highlights the next
block of changes. This action is disabled when the cursor is positioned on the last change.
In Oxygen Diff Directories,
when the last change in the current file is reached, the behaviour of this action is
controlled by Navigation options.
Previous Change - Jumps to the previous change from
the current block of changes. When the first change from the current block of changes is
reached, it highlights the previous block of changes. This action is disabled when the cursor
is positioned on the first change. In Oxygen Diff Directories,
when the first modification in the current file is reached, the behaviour of this action is
controlled by Navigation options.
First
Change - Jumps to the first change from the current file.