Quick Compare Open View

[chrisjj]

This opens in a new window despite Options

Open sessions in
( ) A new window
(*) A new tab
Open child sessions in
( )A new window
(*) A new tab

How do I get it to open in a new tab?

Also, what's the difference between an View and a Session here?

[Aaron]

A new View currently implies that it is not an open Session command, or opening a child session.

I will add it to our customer wishlist to consider this case.

[Aaron]

One of our developers is going to look into this, and it may be included in the next release.

[chrisjj]

>> How do I get it to open in a new tab?

> I will add it to our customer wishlist

I take that as "You can't".

> A new View currently implies that it is not an open
> Session command, or opening a child session.

Not here. Which is just as well, since it /does/ open a new session.

I suggest it would be worth the design team reviewing that assumption of implication. If there's a reason why Open View could not be Open Session... then it seems something is not as it should be.


> it may be included in the next release.

You don't say what "it" is.

[Erik]

Hi Chris,

Unless otherwise specified, a new session view is intended to respect the Open sessions in a new window/tab option. In 3.1.6, the only failure to follow this that we are aware of is the Quick Compare command in the Folder Compare. This should be fixed in our next release. It works as intended from the shell extension and command line.

To clarify, a "session" is a comparison and all its settings. A "view" is the visual display of a session. The button says Open View because it has already created the session to get its answer and clicking the button will visually display it.