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Differences Menu (Comparison Results Window)

Option Description
Open Open a browser on the selected program element.  If both compared elements contain the selected element, then you can choose which one the browser is opened on.
Open To Open a browser on the selected program element, either the one on the left or the one on the right, as selected from the sub-menu.
Next Difference Highlight the next difference in the Source panes.
Previous Difference Highlight the previous difference in the Source panes.
Show Ignored Items If this option is enabled, then ignored differences are shown in the Differences pane, but their names are surrounded by parentheses.  If this option is disabled, ignored items are not shown in the Differences pane.
Ignore If the selected difference is currently not ignored, then selecting this tells the Comparison Results window to ignore the difference.  The difference will be removed from the list if the Show Ignored Items option is off.  If the selected difference is ignored, then this turns off its ignored status.
Load Left Replaces the contents of the program element in the Right-Hand Source pane with the contents in the Left-Hand Source pane.  If there is no corresponding program element in the Left-Hand Source pane, then it deletes the program element in the Right-Hand Source pane.
Load Right Replaces the contents of the program element in the Left-Hand Source pane with the contents in the Right-Hand Source pane.  If there is no corresponding program element in the Right-Hand Source pane, then it deletes the program element in the Left-Hand source pane.