Comparing draft against current post revision within the composer

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Users are discussing a feature request to compare a draft with the current post revision directly in the composer. Apecengo suggests adding a diff comparison option in the gear menu, showing differences between the draft and live post in a modal, similar to the existing editions diff view. supermathie supports the idea, emphasizing its usefulness for verifying changes and collaborating on shared documents. Moin references a related feature request thread, highlighting community interest in this functionality.

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It would be nice to eventually have a way of seeing a diff between the current WIP draft in the composer and the live version of the post you’re editing.

Upon clicking this option/button/link, a modal would appear, possibly reusing in some way the current editions diff view, and show the diff between the composer’s version and the one the post is at.

The comparation window
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It could be implemented as an option inside the “gear” button dropdown. All of its options are content editing actions, but I believe it wouldn’t be that out of place. In fact, I can’t really think of a better place to put it right now.

Gear menu options
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(Would it be compare against? instead of to/with noticed afterwards. Sorry for my English, trying my best :S)

I know this is probably plugin territory, but fingers crossed :crossed_fingers:!

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Feature request: "show diffs" on edit drafts
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I would LOVE this (I actually came to meta to ask for it).

It would also be super useful for those times when I suddenly have a draft open and I’m not sure if there’s changes or not.

It would also make proposing changes to a shared document (i.e. our internal policies or documentation wiki-style posts) much easier if it supported copying a diff.

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I know :wink:

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