TestStand jump to step at edit time

Hi,
In the File Diff/Merge tool, you can click on a step, and jump to it in the TestStand editor. Is this a command that I can use myself? I tried looking through the API but I couldn't find something that I thought would work.
I attached an image from the file diff tool to show you what I mean.
So, I'm wondering if its possible to get similar functionality for jumping to a particular step at edit time.
Thanks!
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Thanks James. I think I'll have to put this on my "someday" list for now, little bit more to it than I perhaps was expecting.

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