# Hex Compare Commands

Following is a description of the Hex Compare commands, in addition to the common commands. Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons. Pick Beyond Compare > Settings and switch to the Commands page to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars. The Session menu
| Save Session | Saves the current session.
| Save Session As | Saves the current session under a new name.
| Session Settings | Opens the Hex Compare Session Settings dialog.
| Locked | Locks or unlocks current session.
| Clear Session | Replaces the current view with an empty Hex Compare.
| Swap Sides | Exchanges the left and right files.
| Reload Files | Reloads the displayed files, prompting to save first if necessary.
| Recompare Files | Recompares the displayed files, preserving edits, but not undoability.
| Hex Compare Report | Produces the Hex Compare report.
| Hex Compare Info | Displays comparison statistics.
| Compare Files Using | Opens the displayed files in a new session using a different class of file view.
| Compare Parent Folders | Opens a new Folder Compare session based on the parent folders of the currently loaded files.
The File menu
| Open File | Opens an existing file into the picked pane.
| Open File on File System * | Opens an existing local file into the picked pane.
| Open File Using Profile * | Opens an existing file into the picked pane using a profile.
| Open Clipboard | Loads the Clipboard contents into the picked pane.
| Open With | Opens the picked pane's file in one of the external Open With applications.
| Open With > Associated Application | Opens the picked pane's file with its associated application.
| Open With > Text Edit | Opens the picked pane's file with the built-in text editor.
| Save File | Saves the modified file from the picked pane.
| Save File As | Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name.
| Save File on File System As * | Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name on the file system.
| Save File Using Profile As * | Saves the file from the picked pane with a new name using a profile.
| Explorer | Displays the file manager's context menu for the file in the picked pane.
The Edit menu
| Undo | Undoes previous action.
| Redo | Redoes previously undone action.
| Copy to Right / Copy to Left * | Copies selected bytes to indicated side.
| Copy to Other Side | Copies selected bytes to opposite side. The caption and icon appear as Copy to Right or Copy to Left depending on the current side.
| Cut / Copy / Paste / Delete | Standard editing commands.
| Select All | Selects all visible bytes in the current pane.
The Search menu
| Next Difference Bytes | Positions at next difference bytes.
| Previous Difference Bytes | Positions at previous difference bytes.
| Next Difference Files | Opens the parent folder session's next pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.)
| Previous Difference Files | Opens the parent folder session's previous pair of files with differences. (Child sessions only.)
| Copy File to Right and Open Next Difference | Copies the entire left-side file to the right and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.)
| Copy File to Left and Open Next Difference | Copies the entire right-side file to the left and opens the folder session's next different files. (Child sessions only.)
| Find | Searches for matching text.
| Replace | Replaces matching text.
| Find Next | Finds next occurrence of search string.
| Find Previous | Finds previous occurrence of search string.
| Go To | Positions at specified byte.
The View menu
| Show All | Shows all bytes, with or without differences.
| Show Differences | Shows only bytes with differences.
| Show Same | Shows only bytes without differences.
| Current Byte Address | Shows current byte address.
| Little Endian Values | Lists values treating the first byte as the least significant one.
| Big Endian Values | Lists values treating the first byte as the most significant one.
| Byte Addresses | Shows or hides byte addresses.
| Display Font * | Selects the font to use to display file data.
| Increase Display Font Size * | Increases hex font size.
| Decrease Display Font Size * | Decreases hex font size.
| Reset Display Font Size * | Resets hex font size.
| Layout | Configures layout options.
| Side-by-Side Layout | Arranges panes left and right of each other.
| Over-Under Layout | Arranges panes above and below each other.
| Thumbnail | Shows or hides the thumbnail summary of changes at left of view.
| File Info | Shows or hides file information panels at the top of panes.
| Toolbar | Shows or hides the toolbar.
* Hidden by default.