Setting preferences
In P4Merge, you can set preferences using the View menu, the toolbar, or the Preferences dialog. Toolbar and View menu settings are temporary and do not carry over to future sessions.
To configure default settings for application font, text format, file format, application language, icon scaling, color scheme, comparison method, or web services, go to Edit > Preferences (Windows) or P4Merge > Preferences (Mac).
Preferences > Color Scheme > Application color scheme has the option for Dark Theme, in addition to the default of Light Theme.
To configure P4Merge settings for the current session to:
- Display or suppress differences in
white space and line endings for the current session, click
or choose File > Comparison Method.
- Show inline differences, click
.
- Adjust tab spacing, insert spaces instead of tabs, or show tabs and spaces, click View > Tab and Space Options and select the required settings..
- Change the font for the session, click View > Font.
If you are comparing Unicode files, selection of the correct character set is essential. If you select the wrong character set, P4Merge cannot correctly diff files. For configuration, go to File > Character Encoding or Edit > Preferences.