Please give the latest intermediate build 12114 a try (Help | Check for Latest Build) and set the low-level property output.showOnlyIfViewInvisible to false.

Perfect. I thought, the full version would include to allow creating/using a .gitignore file in every parent directory up to the root.

> On mouse scroll I guess you need to identify which side to scroll.

No, the control under the cursor gets the scroll event.

Have you already tried scrolling with the cursor over the connector between the left and right file?

This is IMHO not possible.

Please checkout SmartGit 18.1.

This is default behavior for popup menus and can't be changed. Maybe it helps to set the system property log.dragAndDrop.compact to false in the preferences to get back the old dialog.

Err, the compare is invoked with the HEAD and working tree file contents. Isn't that what you actually want to do - except that you just want to see it in the Changes view, whereas this work-around is about the separate Compare window?

To open a compare between HEAD and working tree (so you can edit it) for a file with staged changes, please select this option in the preferences.

Please use the normal Compare which supports it.

If the files are changed, but should be treated as unchanged, please select the files and invoke Local | Toggle "Assume Unchanged".