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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 + L Opens a New Text File Comparison view to compare or merge files.
Ctrl + M
on Mac, Cmd+Shift+M
Opens the New Folder Comparison view to compare or merge folders.
Ctrl + N Opens the new comparison dialog box
Ctrl + O Opens a single text file
Ctrl + Shift + O Opens an existing comparison status file.
Ctrl + Shift +P Opens the Reports dialog box on the Patch panel.
Ctrl + S Saves the current text document.
Ctrl + Shift + S Saves the Comparison
Ctrl + Shift + T Opens a new text editor
Ctrl + W Opens Windows List dialog box
Ctrl + Shift + W Closes all opened documents
Ctrl + Y Redoes the last undone operation
Ctrl + Z

Undoes the last operation.

F2

Moves the cursor on the next bookmark in the current document.

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...)
Shift + F2 Moves the cursor on the previous bookmark in the current document.
Ctrl + Shift + F2 Removes all the bookmarks from the current document.
Ctrl + F4 Closes 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)
Alt + F11 Reloads the macros
F12 Saves As...
Shift + F12 Saves the Comparison As...
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 Writing 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