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Copy/replace/add left <-> right in compare views

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Mar 14, 20260 views
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Problem

In the compare views, it would be nice to have "Copy to left/right" "Replace left (with right)/right (with left)" "Add above/down left/right" in all* views, i.e. the side-by-side and the unified view (there with other text than "left/right"). Now, I need to select the text and copy-paste it. In the unified view, I even can't select the text from the compared file ("left" file in side-by-side view). A nice UI would be the one as in Meld: Related: #24390 (but only wanted for staging VCS diffs) Blocked by: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/4180 ?

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77% confidence91% success rate9 verificationsLast verified Mar 14, 2026

Solution: Copy/replace/add left <-> right in compare views

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This is a really good feature which I am looking forward to. In most coding time, I need to diff and merge only two files. I just want to diff and merge and there is no need for me to use git diff for only two files. In present, I use the tool "diff & merge" from jet brains IDE. This is a really good sample plate to reference. I strongly suggest this feature provided in the future version of VS

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  1. 1

    This is a really good feature which I am looking forward to.

    This is a really good feature which I am looking forward to.

  2. 2

    In most coding time, I need to diff and merge only two files. I just want to dif

    In most coding time, I need to diff and merge only two files. I just want to diff and merge and there is no need for me to use git diff for only two files.

  3. 3

    In present, I use the tool "diff & merge" from jet brains IDE. This is a really

    In present, I use the tool "diff & merge" from jet brains IDE. This is a really good sample plate to reference.

  4. 4

    I strongly suggest this feature provided in the future version of VSCode.

    I strongly suggest this feature provided in the future version of VSCode.

Validation

Resolved in microsoft/vscode GitHub issue #25887. Community reactions: 95 upvotes.

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Last verified Mar 14, 2026

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Alex Chen

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