Does "Compare active editor with any file" still work?
Hi Guys,
Has anyone managed to get the instructions for "Compare active editor with any file" to work? The functionality is documented here:
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/comparing-files-and-folders.html#any_file_with_editor
I'm using IntelliJ IDEA 2018.3.4 (Ultimate Edition) Build #IU-183.5429.30
I follow the instructions to add the "Compare File with Editor" action from the "Version Control Systems | Diff & Merge" section, but the menu item isn't rendered in the popup on the editor tab.
Does this functionality still work? Has anyone got it to work? Just to recap it is the functionality as documented in the help to allow a file diff between the current editor and an arbitrary file that is outside of the project.
Thanks.
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Hello Nicko,
Please attach screenshot showing where you placed that action. It works fine on my machine.
Adding the action to the Editor Tab Popup menu:
After adding the action:
Editor Tab menu, but no Compare action:
Nicko,
Action is shown in context menu of inactive tab. It's not possible to compare editor (active tab) with editor.
Ok, that works. I was a bit confused by the docs because I expected invoking the action to let me choose the file to compare with, but this way works great. Might be worth updating the https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/comparing-files-and-folders.html#any_file_with_editor docs to say "Compare active editor with any inactive editor tab" or something like that.
Anyway, many thanks for the super helpful and quick response.
IDEA is an amazing product.
thanks again!
Nicko,
You are welcome!