PluginStatsCompare View has 160,190 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1783 of 2,501 tracked listings.
Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 8 ratings
About Compare View
Compare View
A simple extension to create two untitled files in compare view / diff view to paste in text for comparing, a shortcut to open two untitled files, click on Select for Compare and Compare with Selected.
Features
Ctrl + Shift + P - which brings up the Command Palette, and search for Create Compare View command.
Setting
compareView.closeRelatedView - Controls whether the extension will try to automatically close the related tab after the compare view is closed. Visual Studio Code will prompt the user to save or discard changes before allowing the tab to close. The extension cannot override this prompt. (#2)
compareView.focusLeftSide - Automatically sets the focus to the left side of the compare view when the compare view is created.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
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7/30/90-day growth
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Listing placement
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Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chekweitan.compare-view. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.