P4Web Release 2005.1 User Guide
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Using the File view

The File view allows you to view detailed information about a file, and to work on that file. You get to the File view by clicking on the file name portion of any of the files listed in the Tree view. You can also get to the File view by clicking on any of the file links list in the Changelist Description page, the Submit Changelist page, or the Pending Changelist page. (Note that if you are using P4Web in Viewer mode, some of the information, links and menu items described here won't be visible to you.)

The current file's full depot path and name appear below the control panel. Each component of the path is a link to a directory level in the Tree view.

Detailed state information follows the current file heading:

For files whose filetype is "text," these menu choices are available:

You can run the following commands on any type of file. The menu choices labelled with "..." will prompt you for more information; the other choices run the command immediately:

These shortcut buttons are available on the File view:

With the exception of Open for add... and Open workspace file in editor, the commands in the File view work with Perforce-managed files only.


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