To lock contributor panes

About this task

By default, all contributor panes are locked. If a set of panes is locked, the panes scroll together. If you unlock one pane, only the locked panes scroll together. The unlocked pane does not scroll unless you scroll it explicitly. You can lock or unlock a single contributor pane.

Procedure

Do one of the following steps:

To lock all contributor panes, click either View > Lock Scroll All Contributor Panes (Linux and the UNIX system) or View > Lock All (Windows systems).
On Linux and the UNIX system, to lock or unlock a single contributor pane, click the lock scrolling button at the top of the pane in which you want to lock or unlock scrolling.

Lock scrolling button

Setting and function

This button indicates that scrolling in this pane is locked with the other panes. Clicking the button unlocks the scrolling for this pane from the other panes.

This button indicates that scrolling in this pane is not locked with the others. Clicking the button locks the scrolling for this pane with the others. (Resetting the locking might cause this pane to scroll to a different location.)
On Windows systems, to lock or unlock a single contributor pane:
1. Click the pane in the Diff Merge display.
2. Click View > Lock.
A check mark next to the Lock command indicates that the currently selected pane is locked.