Bug 257207 - [Edit] Add "synchronize between panes" option to compare editor
Summary: [Edit] Add "synchronize between panes" option to compare editor
Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Compare (show other bugs)
Version: 3.4   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P5 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-Compare-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2008-12-02 10:12 EST by Hendrik Maryns CLA
Modified: 2017-06-09 07:10 EDT (History)
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Description Hendrik Maryns CLA 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.

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Comment 1 Tomasz Zarna CLA 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 CLA 2017-06-09 07:10:23 EDT 
Recently a "swap left right" button was added.
I don't see how that clutters the UI.