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#1803 Doesn't warn that line filters aren't applied

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nobody
Usability (119)
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2012-12-21
2008-11-03
Kimmo Varis
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One constant confusion with line filters seems to be that users have some other than "Full Contents" compare method selected. And then users don't understand why line filters aren't applied / don't work.

We've documented this so that line filters are only used with Full Contents compare method. But it is easy to select other method and see how filters work in file compare but not in folder compare.

I think we need a warning / info message (with suppression checkbox) when line filters are enabled but some other than Full Contents compare method is used.

Submitting this as a bug as this is usability problem. And should be fixed for 2.12 release if possible.

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