On a video, hover to play at realtime, click and drag to play at your own speed.
If you're already used to DiffPlug 1.x, first take a look at migrating from 1.x to 2.x.
Entity console
The entity console is the text box at top.  You can use it to navigate your files.  Ctrl+P will move the cursor there.
Diff list
Click the 
 (or press Ctrl+D) to open the diff list.  When you move the mouse off of the diff list, it will close automatically.  If you drag a file onto the diff list, it will open automatically.
Command console (where is the toolbar?)
Press Ctrl+Shift+P to open the command console.  The actions available are context-sensitive, based on the currently active pane.
Diff schemas
DiffPlug has multiple ways to compare files.  To change which file in a diff is the before and which file is the after, drag their labels to swap.  If you'd like to change the type of the comparison, right-click the label.
Legend
The following colors and font styles are used to encode a diff:
- added
 - removed
 - changed
 - identical
 
In some cases, these can be mix and matched.  For example, if an element named SystemGain were renamed to SysGain76, it would look like this:
- SystemGain76
 
The color is blue, because the element changed (it was renamed), and the change in the name is encoded using font styles.