Source dates can be enabled in the connection settings.
There are three options pertaining to source dates:
Enable Source Dates: If source date support is enabled for source members
Source date tracking mode: What type of mode should be used to track changes. More below.
Source Dates in Gutter: Whether the source dates should appear in the gutter of the editor when enabled
Tracking modes
There are two types of editing modes for source dates
Edit mode which is the traditional style for editing. When a line changes, the source date of that line will be updated. It does not understand undo/redo. It is considered the ‘dumb’ mode.
Diff mode is the modern approach to source date tracking. Instead of tracking edits line by line, it is doing a diff to understand what has changed in the document. It diffs the base document (from last open or last save) against the latest dirty version of the document. This is a Test enhancement. It does understand undo/redo. It is considered the ‘smarter’ mode of the two modes.
Source date filtering
This feature is only enabled when using ‘Diff mode’ tracking, as well as having the source dates gutter enabled.
Hovering over the gutter will show two buttons to:
show changes since last save, which opens a new diff view with the changes
start a new search based on the source date
Starting a search based on date will allow the user to enter a new date filter in YYMMDD format. The gutter will highlight any dates on or after the date the user entered.
Hovering over the gutter again will show another button to clear the filter.
There is also a button on the status bar the user can use to start a new date filter.
