Bug 170921

Summary: Add an "Invert A and B files" action
Product: [Applications] kdiff3 Reporter: Michel Nolard <michel.nolard>
Component: applicationAssignee: michael <reeves.87>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Michel Nolard 2008-09-12 14:49:42 UTC 
Version:           unknown (using 3.5.9, Kubuntu (hardy) 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu7.1)
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.24-19-generic

This is quite annoying when KDiff3 is called from a tool which doesn't give a clear view of which of the selected files will become the base one and which will be seen as the modified one.

As it seemed to me the best bet, I actually commit two tickets : one here so that KDiff3 will help to circumvent bad application behaviors and one for each defective application to avoid messing with users mind integrity ;-)

My wish, and I hope not to be alone, is to see a new action in menus to "Invert A and B files" so that the files currently known as A (or base) and B would be switched from panels and names.

This would be some kind or "File>Open" with an inversion of the file paths in the dialog box, while keeping the changes currently pending.

I thought of a new "File > Invert" or "Window > Invert" menu action.
Comment 1 michael 2020-07-25 00:04:59 UTC 
The core of this functionality i.e. the ability to swap A and B. Is now implemented via. the "Swap Copy..." button in the open dialog.