All Comparisons > Display/Sound

Use this preference page to set the following preferences, common to both file and folder comparison:

Preference

Description

Default

Synchronize vertical scrolling

Check this option to have the file and folder comparison content areas—text editors and trees—move together when scrolled vertically.

On

Use common scrollbar in vertical comparison

Select this option to have a single common scrollbar for the text editors in 2 and 3-way vertical file comparison. Available only when Synchronize vertical scrolling is on.

On

Synchronize horizontal scrolling

Check this option to have the file and folder comparison content areas—text editors and trees—move together when scrolled horizontally.

On

Show intro tips in new comparison windows

Uncheck this option, or simply click on the close button of one such intro tip, to stop seeing the thin horizontal panel at the top of a newly created comparison window containing suggestions of how to go about selecting resources for comparison.

On

Differences Colors and Fonts

Click this link to go to the Colors and Fonts preference page.

Appearance

All Comparisons > Display preference page

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