Enabling Quick Diff in Text Editors

  1. Choose Window > Preferences The Preferences dialog box opens.
  2. Expand the General > Editors > Text Editors nodes.
  3. Select Quick Diff.
  4. Check Enable Quick Diff.
  5. Under the option, Use this reference source, choose Latest StarTeam Revision from the list box.
  6. Click OK.

After activating Quick Diff and opening a text editor, the text editor displays colored gutter bars on the left to indicate differences from the latest StarTeam revision of the opened file. Hover text displays the differences as you hover your mouse over the gutter bars.

Parent topic: Files