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Bug 347055

Summary: Support swapping left-right of compare/diff window (temporarily & as default)
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Missing name <jeffnaisbitt>
Component: CompareAssignee: Platform-Compare-Inbox <platform-compare-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3    
Version: 4.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Missing name CLA 2011-05-24 14:54:13 EDT 
Build Identifier: 20110301-1815

Most comparison tools place the latest version on the right, so it is often confusing and difficult to use the eclipse comparison editor since it reverses them.  At one point I thought I remembered a "Swap to and from" button or something, but I don't see it now.  Eclipse should have an option to set the comparison order by default and have the ability to swap them after performing the comparison. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select a file
2. Compare that file to a version in the local history or a version in SVN/GIT/etc. (or even compare to a different file)
3. There is no way to order the comparisons as desired.
Comment 1 Tomasz Zarna CLA 2011-06-06 04:42:15 EDT 
You already have a similar request: bug 213780.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 213780 ***