# Beyond Compare buttons

**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/beyond-compare-buttons/8312
**Category:** Buttons/Scripts
**Tags:** commands, button
**Created:** [August 18, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/beyond-compare-buttons/8312 "2009-08-18T12:05:15Z")
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### Author: ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/beyond-compare-buttons/8312/2 "2009-08-18T14:46:27Z")

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### Update 2017:

You can do even better than this using scripting, which adds more intelligence to the way Beyond Compare is launched from Opus, and lets you have a single button that works in different contexts (e.g. comparing the source/dest folders if nothing is selected, or files if something is selected, etc.)

See this thread for the script method:

> [@"Smart" front end for Beyond Compare](https://resource.dopus.com/t/smart-front-end-for-beyond-compare/17115):
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> Installation Download the .osp below, then open Preferences / Toolbars / Scripts, and drag it to the list of scripts. [Beyond Compare.osp](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/short-url/h1YJkRAVaGUNE64uyY046hMgSPA.osp) (14.9 KB) After that, go to Settings \> Customize Toolbars \> Commands and there will be a new Compare command w…

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(Updated December 2011)

I use a slightly different command so I thought I'd share it here:

- **Replacement for 1 & 3 combined: Compare two files, or two folders, between left and right file displays:**

That works great for comparing folders, and for comparing files when they have the same names in both folders, and when you are using a dual-display window.

- **Alternative that works with different filenames and separate windows:**

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