Compares the two sets of source code. The comparison is no longer line-based (as in previous versions of the splitscreen editor). Instead it is statement-based. You can suppress comment lines and indentations using the Settings function.

The results of the comparison are displayed using highlighting. Where lines have been inserted, the system inserts the same number of blank lines at the corresponding position. In compare mode, the system scrolls both windows when you use the arrow keys. To scroll asynchronously, use the scrollbars and page up / page down keys.

Switching off compare mode removes the blank lines inserted in the source code and the special formatting used to highlight the difference. It also switches off the synchronous scrolling function.

The system positions both windows at the next point that is identical on both sides.

The system positions both windows at the previous point that is identical on both sides.

The system positions both windows at the next difference.

The system positions both windows at the previous difference.

The starting point for the above positioning functions is always the current page. You can therefore skip several differences simply by scrolling.

Copies the block of code at the current cursor position that was marked by the compare function into the buffer. The comment lines inserted by the Modification Assistant are removed.

It will be possible to find a block, marked in any way, in the opposite side of the editor.

  Use this button (or choose Settings ® screen narrow <-> wide) to toggle between the two scren sized. The default size is wide if you start the splitscreen editor using Transaction SE39, and narrow if you start it from the ABAP Editor.

Example: