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.![]() |
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.
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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 |