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ADR-0073: Compare gets its own top-level menu

  • Status: Accepted
  • Date: 2026-09-08
  • Deciders: jka
  • Decision: D73

Context

Compare With File… and Close Compare lived under View ▸ Editor Layout, beside Split and Unsplit. Editor Layout arranges editor groups; Compare replaces the editor area with a read-only diff (ADR-0028). Grouping them suggested Compare was a layout.

Decision

Compare becomes a top-level menu after View, holding only the compare commands. A short top-level menu is justified because the mode is otherwise reached only through the agent's automatic compare or a file dialog; a named menu makes it discoverable.

Consequences

  • Editor Layout contains only group layout commands.
  • The View menu is not lengthened.
  • ADR-0074 added Compare With Another Tab… to this menu.