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// Copyright (C) 2020 The Qt Company Ltd.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only
// **********************************************************************
// NOTE: the sections are not ordered by their logical order to avoid
// reshuffling the file each time the index order changes (i.e., often).
// Run the fixnavi.pl script to adjust the links to the index order.
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/*!
\page creator-diff-editor.html
\if defined(qtdesignstudio)
\previouspage qt-quick-toolbars.html
\nextpage creator-finding-overview.html
\else
\previouspage creator-macros.html
\nextpage creator-clang-codemodel.html
\endif
\title Comparing Files
You can use a diff editor to display unsaved changes in the current file or
all open files or to compare any two text files that can be either versions
of the same file or arbitrary files.
To view unsaved changes in the current file, select \uicontrol Tools >
\uicontrol Diff > \uicontrol {Diff Current File}.
To view unsaved changes in all open files, select \uicontrol Tools >
\uicontrol Diff > \uicontrol {Diff Open Files}.
To compare two files:
\list 1
\li Select \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol Diff >
\uicontrol {Diff External Files}.
\li Select two files to compare.
\endlist
To compare the currently opened file against another file in a project
or the filesystem:
\list 1
\li Open the first file in an editor.
\li Right click on the second file in the \uicontrol Projects
or \uicontrol {File System} view and select
\uicontrol {Diff Against Current File}.
\endlist
If \QC cannot detect the encoding of the files to compare, an info bar
appears that displays the option to reload the document using some other
encoding. For more information, see \l {File Encoding}.
\section1 Viewing the Changes
\image creator-diff-editor.png "Diff editor output in the Edit mode"
The changes are displayed in the \uicontrol Edit mode. Color coding is
used to mark changed lines. By default, red indicates lines that contain
removed text (painted another shade of red) in the left pane and green
indicates lines that contain added text (painted another shade of green)
in the right pane.
To revert the changes, right-click added text and then select
\uicontrol {Revert Chunk} in the context menu. To apply the changes, select
removed text and then select \uicontrol {Apply Chunk}.
To view the differences in a unified view where changed rows are placed
below each other, select \inlineimage icons/unifieddiff.png
(\uicontrol {Switch to Unified Diff Editor}).
To switch back to the side-by-side view, select
\inlineimage icons/sidebysidediff.png
(\uicontrol {Switch to Side by Side Diff Editor}).
To only show text changes, select \uicontrol {Ignore Whitespace}.
To expand the context for the changes, set the number of unchanged lines to
show in \uicontrol {Context lines}.
By default, the horizontal scroll bars in the left and right pane are
synchronized. To use them independently of each other, select the
\inlineimage icons/linkicon.png
(\uicontrol {Synchronize Horizontal Scroll Bars}) button.
If the files change outside \QC, select \inlineimage icons/reload_gray.png
(\uicontrol {Reload Editor}) to compare them again and to show the results.
\if defined(qtcreator)
To send a chunk of changes to a \l{Pasting and Fetching Code Snippets}
{code pasting service}, select \uicontrol {Send Chunk to CodePaster} in the
context menu.
\endif
\section1 Changing the Colors
To change the default colors, select \uicontrol Edit > \uicontrol Preferences >
\uicontrol {Text Editor} > \uicontrol {Font & Colors}. Create your own color
scheme and select new colors for the following items:
\list
\li \uicontrol {Diff File Line} sets the color of the line that shows
the path and filename of the changed file.
\li \uicontrol {Diff Context Line} sets the color of the line that
shows the number of hidden lines between changed lines.
\li \uicontrol {Diff Source Line} sets the color of lines that contain
removed text.
\li \uicontrol {Diff Source Character} sets the color that indicates
removed characters.
\li \uicontrol {Diff Destination Line} sets the color of lines that
contain added text.
\li \uicontrol {Diff Destination Character} sets the color that
indicates added characters.
\endlist
*/
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