FolderMatch groups several commonly used commands on the toolbar of the Compare Files window.  The toolbar eliminates some steps needed to activate the commands and options and can thus speed your work.

 

The Compare Files toolbar

The Compare Files toolbar

 

 

The following commands are available from the toolbar:

 

Back

Go back to the previous window.

Compare

Compare the text content of the selected files

Swap

Swap the sides of the two files. (The one on the left will display on the right  pane and vice versa)

All

Use these options to filter the comparison results shown. You can view all lines, only the similarities, only the differences, or the differences with context lines.  The number of context lines (lines before and after the difference) is defined in the Options window.

Same

Different

Different + Context

Options

Go to the Compare Files Options window

Print

Print the comparison results.

Help

View the help file for the Compare Files topic