Feature Request: Ability to rename TABs

[jlford67]

Is there any chance you can give us the ability to rename a tab? It currently just has the folder name <--> folder name.

For example:
I have a workspace with 4 tabs, each with a folder compare against a different Linux server (on the left panel) and a directory on my C: drive (on the right panel). Currently all of the tabs have the EXACT same label, so I have to click through each one to find out which Linux server. If I right-click on a tab and then click "Select Tab" my options are:

LinuxDirName <--> WindowsDirName
LinuxDirName <--> WindowsDirName
LinuxDirName <--> WindowsDirName
LinuxDirName <--> WindowsDirName

I've uploaded 2 screen captures of the tab name problem.

It would be VERY helpful if we could override that Tab name with a meaningful Tab name.

Thanks,
Jeff

[Aaron]

Hello,

If you use the Session menu -> Save Session As, you can save the current comparison and give it a custom name, which is then used as the tab name.

You can also group saved sessions into a folder on the main Home screen, and right click that folder to load all of them at once in separate tabs.

Or you can save a Workspace (also Session menu), which saves the currently loaded sessions, tabs, and window positions.

[Dave_L]

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You can also group saved sessions into a folder on the main Home screen, and right click that folder to load all of them at once in separate tabs.
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I wasn't aware of that feature.

Can you explain in more detail how it works, or point to the section of the manual that explains it?

[Aaron]

Hello,

Sessions function similarly to 'bookmarks' in a browser. It saves the current paths to compare in the view, and that view's current Session Settings (comparison configuration). This is useful for reloading the comparison again later to re-compare the folders/files. The Help File's Using Beyond Compare -> Home View chapter goes a bit into it as well.

Since Sessions can have custom names, the name is also used as the tab title.

[Dave_L]

But how do you "group saved sessions into a folder on the main Home screen"? Maybe I'm missing something obvious.

[Chris]

In the Home View, right click in the saved sessions list and select New > Folder. Drag saved sessions into the folder. To launch all the sessions in the folder, right click on it and select Open Sessions.

[Dave_L]

Thanks, Chris.

Home View, right click in the saved sessions list

If I do that, the popup context menu looks like this:

Open
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Edit
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The saved sessions list is a tree view. I don't know if there's a way of changing that view.

Is there a way of performing the action "New > Folder" other than right-clicking with the mouse?

I'm using BC 4.2.4 on Xubuntu 16.04.4, if that's relevant.

[Chris]

Instead of right clicking on the tree view, try right clicking just below or to the right of the treeview, but still inside the panel. Then it should display New > Folder as a menu item.

[Dave_L]

Thanks, Chris.

I was able to get "New > Folder" to appear in the menu by dragging the vertical splitter to the right. That wasn't very intuitive, but at least it works.

[Dave_L]

To clarify:

try right clicking just below or to the right of the treeview, but still inside the panel

The tree view fills the panel vertically (I have a lot of saved sessions), so it's not possible to click below it.

As I noted above, dragging the vertical splitter to the right provides a place to right-click in which the "New > Folder" item appears in the menu. But it's not really clear where the tree view ends on the right.

Also, having adjusted the splitter, the "New > Folder" item remains in the menu even if I drag the splitter back to the left. Maybe there's an initialization issue, where the splitter has to be moved at least once after a new install? I suppose I'd have to re-install BC to verify that.

I consider the issue resolved. I only added these details in case you want to look into it further.

[Aaron]

Thanks. If you ever want to test a settings change, you'll want to use the Tools menu -> Export wizard to get a full back up of your settings. You can then either use the internal Restore Factory Defaults, or navigate to your settings folder (user/.config, etc) to find BCState.xml, BCSessions.xml and the other BC setting.xmls, where you can manually back them up or move them around to reset them.