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Feature Request: Allow comparing multiple files in one action

Open vertigo220 opened this issue 5 years ago • 3 comments

When having a large number of files (in this case, images) that are different, instead of having to go one-by-one and double-click on them, observe the visual differences, close the compare tab, and move on to the next one, it would be preferable to be able to select multiple files, right-click, select "Compare" (which is currently grayed out when multiple files are selected), and have them open in separate tabs, which would then allow the first one to be selected, visually compared, and closed, at which point the next tab would come in focus, allowing for a quick comparison and click to close, comparison and click to close, and so on.

vertigo220 avatar Apr 26 '20 01:04 vertigo220

Until this enhancement is added to this project, here's a workaround for anyone that's stuck: https://sourceforge.net/projects/diffuse/

blackboxlogic avatar Mar 28 '22 19:03 blackboxlogic

@blackboxlogic The main page for diffuse states that it is a "tool for comparing and merging text files". Does it compare images as well?

Gitoffthelawn avatar Apr 13 '22 02:04 Gitoffthelawn

@Gitoffthelawn Just tried, the tool I suggested compares images as if they were text file, so... No.

blackboxlogic avatar Apr 13 '22 13:04 blackboxlogic