Feature Request: More intelligent XML Element Comparison

[Brian]

When comparing two xml files, the result looks like this when an element is missing:

<elem>            <elem>
foo               foo
</elem>           </elem>
<elem>            <elem>             
bar               
</elem>            
<elem>
bash              bash
</elem>           </elem>

It would be better if it looks like this:

<elem>            <elem>
foo               foo
</elem>           </elem>
<elem>             
bar               
</elem>            
<elem>            <elem>
bash              bash
</elem>           </elem>

This would require having special rules for xml (and html) files.

[Aaron]

Thanks for the example, Brian.

Improving our alignment is something we are always working on, and this is a case we would like to handle better in a future version of Beyond Compare.

We do have some additional rules that help standardize whitespace for XML and HTML files, available here:
http://www.scootersoftware.com/downl...kb_moreformats
But they probably won't help with this specific alignment issue.

[Aaron]

Also, if you could, please email us example files to support@scootersoftware.com (and include a link back to this forum post).

Thanks!