Appearance > Folder Comparisons
Find it under Settings > Application > Appearance > Folder Comparisons.
Use this page to customize the following display settings of folder comparisons:
Preference | Description | Default |
Show Size column | When checked, the Size columns in the folder comparison window are visible. When unchecked, they are hidden. | On |
Show Date Modified column | When checked, the Date Modified columns in the folder comparison window are visible. When unchecked, they are hidden. | Off |
Show Date Created column | When checked, the Date Created column in the folder comparison window is visible. When unchecked, it is hidden. Accurate information requires Collect extended resource attributes to be turned on, on the Folder Comparisons page of the New Comparisons tab. | Off |
Show Date Last Opened column | When checked, the Date Last Opened column in the folder comparison window is visible. When unchecked, it is hidden. Accurate information requires Collect extended resource attributes to be turned on, on the Folder Comparisons page of the New Comparisons tab. | Off |
Show Permissions column | When checked, the Permissions (Attributes on Windows) columns in the folder comparison window are shown. | Off |
Show Owner column | When checked, the Owner column in the folder comparison window is visible. When unchecked, it is hidden. Accurate information requires Collect extended resource attributes to be turned on, on the Folder Comparisons page of the New Comparisons tab. | Off |
Show Group column | When checked, the Group column in the folder comparison window is visible. When unchecked, it is hidden. Accurate information requires Collect extended resource attributes to be turned on, on the Folder Comparisons page of the New Comparisons tab. | Off |
Upon completion: Expand folders with differences | Turn on this option to see the big picture first—folders containing differences are shown in full color, while identical nodes have dimmed icons and grayed labels. That way, you can more easily focus on areas of interest and selectively expand branches. | Off |
Upon completion: Play sound | When checked, DeltaWalker plays a sound when a folder comparison is complete. | On |
List folders before files | By default, the Mac OS X Finder, sorts the resources it shows while ignoring whether they are files or folders; the Windows Explorer and Linux Nautilus first list the folders, regardless of the sort criteria. This option allows you to achieve a similar behavior in DeltaWalker. | On |
Open up to ... file comparison windows at a time | Enable this option to control the number of file comparison windows that can be opened via the "Open Selected for Comparison", accessible via the folder comparison context sensitive menu. This protects you from accidentally locking the UI by opening too many files at once. | On / 20 |
Show Confirm Replace dialog only when Shift key is down | When selected, the Confirm Replace dialog shown during synchronization operations is only shown when the Shift key is held down at the time the synchronization operation is initiated. | Off |
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See Also
- Appearance
- Folder Comparisons: what is compared, and how.
- Appearance > Text Comparisons