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Bug 247064

Summary:	DIFF tool should remember what view user picked ("normal" or "text")
Product:	versioncontrol	Reporter:	dejlek
Component:	Code	Assignee:	Ondrej Vrabec <ovrabec>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	hifi
Priority:	P3
Version:	8.0.1
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 8
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description dejlek 2014-09-12 10:20:23 UTC

It is *really* annoying when NetBeans brings the default DIFF view whenever I move from file to file.
I want it to remember when I use text DIFF, so when I move from file to file in the diff window NB shows the text diff by default, until I switch to the default view again.

Product Version = NetBeans IDE 8.0.1 (Build 201408251540)
Operating System = Windows 8 version 6.2 running on amd64
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_20
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.20-b23

Comment 1 hifi 2014-09-22 13:52:57 UTC

I also find it very annoying NetBeans does not remember that I want to view text diffs.

Additional suggestion would be that you could completely disable one of them in your preferences as I never want to view the "normal" diff but always text diff as it is much easier to read and follow for me.