Bug 257207

Summary:	[Edit] Add "synchronize between panes" option to compare editor
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Hendrik Maryns <hendrik>
Component:	Compare	Assignee:	Platform-Compare-Inbox <platform-compare-inbox>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P5	CC:	david.balazic
Version:	3.4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Hendrik Maryns

2008-12-02 10:12:05 EST

Build ID: I20080617-2000

Steps To Reproduce:
There is the option ‘synchronize between panes in compare views’ under Prefs → General → Compare/Patch → Text compare.

This is a nice thing, but sometimes it just doesn’t work nicely, e.g. when one has moved things around in a file.  It would be great when one could toggle this on somewhere in the compare view, just like there is a button and context menu option to ignore whitespace.

More information:

Comment 1 Tomasz Zarna

2011-01-11 04:29:32 EST

The only place we could add the option without cluttering the UI would be scroll bar's context menu. However, I don't know if an additional action can be added to that menu.

Comment 2 David Balažic

2017-06-09 07:10:23 EDT

Recently a "swap left right" button was added.
I don't see how that clutters the UI.