The Timeline
The Timeline tracks your experiments over time. Each entry is a snapshot of a .oce file’s content saved automatically as you work, so you can compare configurations and restore earlier versions without manually keeping copies.
Opening the Timeline
The Timeline is a dockable panel, scoped to a specific file. Open it by clicking the Timeline button (clock icon) in the editor toolbar while that file is open. You can also open it from the row actions in the Recent Files panel.
How snapshots are created
A snapshot is saved automatically each time you open or save a .oce file, but only if the content has changed since the last snapshot. Snapshots come in two types shown in the Type column:
| Type | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Full | Complete file content (baseline entry) |
| Delta | Compact diff against the preceding baseline |
Reading the timeline
The Timeline displays entries in a table with columns:
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Actions | Row-level action buttons |
| Date | When the snapshot was taken |
| Type | Full (baseline) or Delta |
| Label | Optional user-defined name for the snapshot |
Filtering by date
Use the From and To date inputs in the toolbar to narrow the table to a specific date range. Leave either field blank to filter with no lower or upper bound.
Naming snapshots
Click the Set label… action on any row to give it a memorable name (e.g. before refactor, best result). Labels appear in the Label column and persist across sessions. They make it easier to find significant snapshots in a long timeline.
Row actions
Each entry has five action buttons:
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Set label… | Prompts for a name and saves it with the snapshot |
| Compare with current | Opens an OCE Diff panel showing the snapshot on the left and the current file on disk on the right |
| Restore this snapshot | Overwrites the current file on disk with the snapshot content; if the file is open in the editor, a reload prompt appears automatically |
| Save as… | Opens a save dialog to write the snapshot content to a new .oce file without touching the original |
| Delete | Removes this snapshot from the timeline |
Clearing the timeline
Click the Delete all snapshots button (trash icon) in the toolbar to remove every snapshot for the current file. A confirmation dialog is shown before proceeding. This cannot be undone.