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Command line arguments
Keyboard/mouse commands
Using Diffinity with version control applications
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Command line arguments



	diffinity ["<leftPath>"] ["<rightPath>"] [-forceNewInstance] [-bringToFront] [-folderDiff] [-suppressFileLoadErrorMsg] [-l <window left position>] [-t <window top position>] [-w <window width>] [-h <window height>]

Parameter	Description
`<leftPath>`	Full path to the left side file or folder. Must always be the first argument. Use quotation mark if path contains spaces. Use empty string ("") for no path if other arguments should be passed.
`<rightPath>`	Full path to the right side file or folder. Must always be the second argument. Use quotation mark if path contains spaces. Use empty string ("") for no path if other arguments should be passed.
`-forceNewInstance`	Will open a new instance of Diffinity without tabs even when Diffinity is set to use tabs.
`-bringToFront`	Will try to bring the Diffinity window to the front when opened.
`-folderDiff`	Will open the folder diff view. This is not needed if the two paths provided are for folders.
`-suppressFileLoadErrorMsg`	Will not show the "Failed to open file" popup if the provided file paths does not exist.
`-l <window left position>`	X position in pixels of the Diffinity window
`-t <window top position>`	Y position in pixels of the Diffinity window
`-w <window width>`	Diffinity window width in pixels
`-h <window height>`	Diffinity window height in pixels

Examples:

diffinity "c:\leftFile.text" "c:\rightFile.text" -suppressFileLoadErrorMsg
Will open diffinity and load the provided files, no popup will be shown if the files are not present on disk .

diffinity "" "" -folderDiff
Will open diffinity with an empty folder diff view.

Keyboard/mouse commands

Following is a list of useful mouse and keyboard commands not apperent in the menus.

Mouse commands	Description
Shift + Mouse wheel	Scroll the hovered text individually (or both texts if lock left/right scrolling is disabled)
Ctrl + Mouse wheel	Scroll the text horizontally
Alt + Left mouse button	Block selection
Triple click	Select the line
Double click	Highlights selected word. Folder diff: open the double clicked file(s) in new diff tab.
Middle mouse button (on tab header)	Close tab

Keyboard commands	Description
Ctrl + +	Text zoom in
Ctrl + -	Text zoom out
Ctrl + 0	Text zoom reset
Ctrl + F4	Close active tab
Left / Right arrow keys	Folder diff: close/open selected folder
F4	Switch input focus between left and right text

Using Diffinity with version control applications

To configure Diffinity to be the diffing tool used in your version control system make sure to point it to the Diffinity exe (typically "C:/Program Files (x86)/Diffinity/Diffinity.exe") and send the full path to the first file as the first argument and the full path to the second file as the second argument.

Example: git
Edit your C:\Users\<name>\.gitconfig and add:



		[diff]


		    tool = diffinity


		[difftool "diffinity"]


		    cmd = \"C:/Program Files (x86)/Diffinity/Diffinity.exe\" \"$REMOTE\" \"$LOCAL\"


		[difftool]


		    prompt = false

Example: Perforce Helix P4V
P4V -> Edit -> Preferences -> Diff:
- Choose "Other application"
- Browse for the Diffinity executable (default: "C:/Program Files (x86)/Diffinity/Diffinity.exe")
- Make sure arguments is set to %1 %2