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Keyboard Shortuts

 

 

Preliminary note
On Mac, Ctrl shortcuts are replaced with the Apple key.

Generic actions

Key

Description
Ctrl + 0 Unresolves the selected conflicts
Ctrl + 1 Solves with left version
Ctrl + 2 Solves with the ancestor
Ctrl + 3 Solves with the right version
Ctrl + B Opens a browser
Ctrl + N Opens a blank text file document
Ctrl + L Opens a New Text File Comparison view to compare or merge files.
Ctrl + Shift + L Opens a New File Comparison through the dialog box (where you can select an options set or compare binary files)
Ctrl +M
on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+M		 Opens the New Folder Comparison view to compare or merge folders.
Ctrl + O Opens a single text file
Ctrl + Shift + O Opens an existing comparison status file.
Ctrl + F4 Closes the current document.
Ctrl + S Saves the current text document.
F12 Saves As...
Ctrl + Shift + S Saves the Comparison
Shift + F12 Saves the Comparison As...
Ctrl + Shift +P Opens the Reports dialog box on the Patch panel.
Ctrl + Z

Undoes the last operation.
Ctrl + Y

Redoes the last undone operation.
Ctrl +F2 Toogles a bookmark on the current line.
Alt+F2 Select the current bookmaked items.
 Available only in Folder Comparison. This allows you to bookmark items anywhere in the folder tree view, then select them easily and apply an action (copy, delete, solve...)
F2

Moves the cursor on the next bookmark in the current document.
Shift + F2 Moves the cursor on the previous bookmark in the current document.
Ctrl + Shift + F2 Removes all the bookmarks from the current document.
F5 Refreshes all the panels in the current document
F7 Goes to next difference in the current document
Shift + F7 Goes to previous difference in the current document
F8 Goes to next conflict (even if resolved) in the current document
Shift + F8 Goes to previous conflict (even if resolved) in the current document
F9 Goes to next conflict (unresolved only) in the current document
Shift + F9 Goes to previous conflict (unresolved only) in the current document
F11 Opens the document options box (per document display/comparisons options)
Shift + F11
on Mac, Ctrl + COMMA		 Opens the application options box (display options and comparisons options for new documents)
Ctrl + W Closes all opened documents
Ctrl + Shift + W Opens Windows List dialog box
Ctrl + Tab Cycles through the tabs.
Ctrl + Shift + Tab Cycles through the tabs backwards.

 

Text files specific actions

Key Description
Ctrl + X

Cuts out the current selection and places it onto the clipboard.
Ctrl + C

Copies the current selection to the clipboard.
Ctrl + V

Pastes the information on the clipboard to the current location within the document.
Ctrl + A Selects the whole text document in the focused view.
Ctrl + F Opens the "Find" window to find a word in the current file.
F3 Moves the cursor to the next matching text in the current file.
Shift + F3 Moves the cursor to the previous matching text in the current file.
Ctrl + H Opens the "Replace" window to find and replace a word in the current file.
Ctrl + G Opens the "Go To Line" window 
Ctrl + Shift + X Opens the "Pretty-Print" window
Ctrl + Shift + C Opens the "Compact XML" window

 

 Folder comparison specific actions

Key Description
Ctrl + Z

Undoes the last operation.
Ctrl + Y

Redoes the last undone operation.
Ctrl + C

Copies the current selection to the clipboard.
Ctrl + A Select all the files in the hierarchy window.
Ctrl + F

Opens the "Find" window to find a file or folder match a given name.

 In Folders Comparison, you can match a file or folder using regular expressions. See Writting Patterns in the File Name Filters Options view.
F3 Moves the cursor to the next matching file or folder in the current hierarchy.
Shift + F3 Moves the cursor to the previous matching file or folder in the current hierarchy.
Enter Launches differences for selected elements with conflicts
Delete Marks the selected elements as 'Removed from result' (executed at 'Write merge results' time)
Shift+Delete Deletes the selected elements

 

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