&productName; enables you to perform the following comparison types:
- Compare directories
- Compare a class or class member with another class or class member
- Compare a local file with its versions in the Local History
- Compare a local file with its current revision in your version control repository
- Compare any local file with the file currently opened in the Editor
- Compare any 2 local files to each other: text or binary
- Compare selected text in the Editor with the clipboard contents
Use context menus to invoke comparison commands.
You can configure the usage of the differences tool on the Tools | Diff & merge settings/preferences page.