History View

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The History View shows the history of changes of the relevant file. You can generally open the History View by choosing Team > History > Show History from the main menu.

This topic introduces the following History View features:

Tabs
Toolbar
Diff Viewer

Tabs

The top of the History View tab shows the name of the document.

If multiple files are open, you can split the History View by clicking and dragging the tab. As you drag to different parts of the editing area, you see a red outline that shows you where the new window will open. When one of these boxes appears, you can drop the document and split the pane.

You can right-click a tab to access the following commands:

Toolbar

The history toolbar is at the top of the History View window. You can toggle the display of the toolbar by choosing View > Show Editor Toolbar from the main menu.

The following table lists components for the commands that are available in the history editor toolbar for the currently displayed file.

Previous (previous difference button) Highlights the previous difference found between versions.
Next (next difference button) Highlights the next difference found between versions.
Refresh (refresh button) Refreshes the contents of the view, fetching the latest history information for the file(s).
Filter (drop-down list) Displays only those revisions that match the criteria you selected (All, VCS, Local, User, or Message).
Compare Mode (drop-down list) Displays differences between the selected file version and its previous or current version.
Options (options button) Displays the Versioning tab of the Options dialog box to configure history and VCS-specific parameters in the IDE.
Search Git/Mercurial/Subversion History (shortcut link) Displays the Show History tab for browsing and searching information in VCS repository files.

Diff Viewer

The Diff Viewer is divided into two panes:

See Also
About Local File History
About the Java Source Editor
About the PHP Source Editor
About the HTML Source Editor
Editing an XML Document

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