Comparing Text Files

Comparing files is easy—open a file comparison window and load the files, or paste the texts, you want to compare.

Opening a new file comparison window

Menu File > Compare Files
Toolbar button Compare New Files image
Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+F

Opening files

File Selector:

File selector
  • Type file path; auto-suggest and auto-complete will make this easier
  • Click button to bring up Select File dialog
  • Select from history (dropdown list)
Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+O (when file comparison window has the input focus)
Drag and Drop Drag a file from the file-system browser and drop it onto one of the path entry/browse widgets or onto one of the text editors.

Pasting text

Menu Edit > Paste
Toolbar button Paste button image
Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+V

DeltaWalker initiates the actual comparison as soon as a file is loaded, or text is pasted, into a text editor. As a result you'd get a window that looks something like this (actual editor content will be different):

File Comparison Window image

Navigating differences

Once you have content in your comparison window's editors you'd most likely want to:

DeltaWalker provides the following ways for difference navigation:

Menu File > Navigate > Next/Previous Difference
Toolbar button Next Difference image / Previous Difference image
Keyboard Shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow / Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow
Mouse Ctrl+Mouse Wheel
Other Difference navigation mini-buttons Next Difference Small image / Previous Difference Small image at the bottom of the common scrollbar

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