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The Tab Compare Tool provides a method of representing differences in the content of application tabs. All comparisons are displayed in the Tab Compare Results tab.
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- Right-click in one of the several open tabs and then from the Select Tabs to Compare dialog, select the tabs to compare.
- From the Aqua Data Studio menu bar > Tools > Compare Tools > Tab Compare and then from the Select Tabs to Compare dialog, select the tabs to compare. If the Tab Compare Tool is launched from the Tools menu, it is possible to choose tabs that are not immediately visible in the application window but are open.
When the comparison is being performed it runs in a background thread so other operations in Aqua Data Studio can be performed.
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The results of a comparison display as a split-pane and connecting splines for identifying where the deletions, changes and additions occur. Each file in a comparison takes up half of the comparison results window. At the top right-side of the window, view the total number of differences discovered. Comparisons show the character differences in a modified line with bolding and background color highlights indicate modified blocks. If the files are not identical, the differences are highlighted by default in pink (deleted), purple (changed) or green (added). You can change the colors for the difference highlighting from the Options dialog.
Toolbar Actions
This table describes the Toolbar actions in the Tab Compare Results tab.
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View files side-by-side (Default viewer) or in a single panel (Unified viewer). | |
Define how the difference engine should treat white spaces in the text and controls case-sensitive behavior.
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Let's you specify how the difference engine calculates and highlights granularity differences.
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Manage a larger amount of code within one window by collapsing all unchanged code fragments in both files. It’s easy to view the collapsed code in a tooltip, on mouse-hover. | |
Synchronize scrolling provides users the flexibility to control the scrolling of both panes simultaneously or individually. | |
Show or hide line numbers, indentation guides, white spaces, and soft wraps. The same options are available as right-click options on the Annotation bar.
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Save the comparison result as HTML. | |
Preview the saved comparison result in the HTML format. | |
Open the Help topic associated with Tab Compare. | |
View the previous difference. | |
View the next difference. |
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For each pane, you can find specific text by using various toolbar options and keyboard shortcut keys. To invoke the Find toolbar, click anywhere in the pane and then press CTRL/Command+F.
- When you insert a string in the text box, the find operation immediately highlights every occurrence of the searched string in the current pane. To navigate between occurrences, use toggle icons ( , ), shortcut keys; F3 (next occurrence) or SHIFT+F3 (previous occurrence).
- Additionally, you can:
- Set the search criterion such as the use of regular expressions, case-sensitive, and complete text match.
- Add, delete, select/unselect all occurrences from the find operation by using toggle buttons ( , , ).
- View the count of the found occurrences in the upper-right corner of the toolbar.
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You can save the comparison result as HTML for viewing later or for sharing with others. Click
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