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.
Figure: Compare toolbar
Toolbar Actions
Perform Directories
Differencing- Looks for differences between the two directories displayed in the left and right side of the application window.
Perform Files
Differencing- Opens the Compare Files tool that allows you to compare the currently selected files.
Copy
Change from Right to Left- Copies the selected change from the right side to the left side (if there is no file/folder in the right side, the left file/folder is deleted).
Copy
Change from Left to Right- Copies the selected change from the left side to the right side (if there is no file/folder in the left side, the right file/folder is deleted).
Binary
Compare- Performs a byte-level comparison on the selected files.
Diff
Options- Opens the Directory Comparison preferences page 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.
Copy Change from Right to Left- Copies the selected difference from the file in the right panel to the file in the left panel.
Copy Change from Left to Right- Copies the selected difference from the file in the left panel to the file in the right panel.
- Open
- If the action is invoked on a file, the selected file is opened in Oxygen XML Developer. 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 Developer.
- Show in Explorer
- Opens the default file browser for your particular operating system with the selected file highlighted.