Compare option not showing in folder view

[hcasanova72]

The "Compare" option does not shows when working in folder view

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open a folder
2. Select 2 files
3. Right click them
4. Notice that the "Compare" options is missing

Expected behavior The "Compare" option should be displayed

Screenshots

[hcasanova72]

Hi, I'm doing it in the Solution Explorer in Folder View.

Cheers!

From: Michael Hofer @.> Sent: martes, 28 de marzo de 2023 15:45 To: madskristensen/FileDiffer @.> Cc: hcasanova72 @.>; Author @.> Subject: Re: [madskristensen/FileDiffer] Compare option not showing in folder view (Issue #33)

When you say, "Open a folder", are you doing this in File Explorer or Solution Explorer?

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[tp-eallen]

I see this same issue. When solution explorer is in folder view (says "Solution Explorer - Folder View" as the title instead of just "Solution Explorer") the menu for doing compare isn't available.

For normal things that open as solutions like a solution that includes c# projects this isn't really much of an issue as I don't really need folder view but some things are just a bunch of config files in a folder that aren't in a solution.

[tp-eallen]

My guess (I never worked on any vs.net addins) is this needs an extra item to add the compare menu: FileDiffer/src/VSCommandTable.vsct

   <Menus>
      <Menu guid="guidDiffFilesCmdSet" id="FlyoutMenu" priority="100" type="Menu">
        <Parent guid="guidSHLMainMenu" id="IDG_VS_CTXT_ITEM_SCC"/>
        <Strings>
          <ButtonText>Compare</ButtonText>
        </Strings>
      </Menu>
      <Menu guid="guidDiffFilesCmdSet" id="EditorFlyoutMenu" priority="100" type="Menu">
        <Parent guid="GitPackage" id="GitEditorContextGroup"/>
        <Strings>
          <ButtonText>Compare</ButtonText>
        </Strings>
      </Menu>
    </Menus>

but searching for what possible values to use for Parent isn't coming up with much. I would have hoped there would be a list of possible value and what menus they are for. Also might not know where to look as I don't see much here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/internals/guids-and-ids-of-visual-studio-commands And the guid for git isn't showing up the sdk file \VisualStudioIntegration\Common\Inc\ (not needed in terms of fixing this but to understand to maybe create my own addon for other uses)