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SEARCH NAVIGATION EDITING

Find in File ⌘ F Open Quickly ⌘ ⇧ O Show Assistant
Editor ⌘ ⌥ RETURN
Find & Replace Move Focus to Editor ⌘ J
in File ⌘ ⌥ F Hide Assistant
Next Counterpart ⌘ ⌃ UP Editor ⌘ RETURN
Find in Project ⌘ ⇧ F Previous
Counterpart ⌘ ⌃ DOWN Toggle Completions ⌃ SPACE
Find & Replace
in Project ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ F Next Edit All in Scope ⌘ ⌃ E
Recent File ⌘ ⌃ RIGHT Indent Selection ⌘ ]
Previous
Recent File ⌘ ⌃ LEFT Outdent Selection ⌘ [
TABS
Definition of Symbol ⌘ click Fix Indentation ⌃ i
New Tab ⌘ T Go to Line ⌘ L Comment / Uncomment ⌘ /
Previous Tab ⌘ } Fold Section ⌘ ⌥ LEFT Move Line Up ⌘ ⌥ [
Next Tab ⌘ { Unfold Section ⌘ ⌥ RIGHT Move Line Down ⌘ ⌥ ]

NAVIGATOR DEBUGGING UTILITIES

Show / Hide ⌘ 0 Toggle Debug Area ⌘ ⇧ Y Show / Hide ⌘ ⌥ 0
Switch Tabs ⌘ 1–8 Next Issue ⌘ ' Switch Tabs ⌘ ⌥ 1–9
When Clicking a File in Navigator… Previous Issue ⌘ "
…open in Add Breakpoint ⌘ \
Assistant Editor ⌥ click Toggle Breakpoints ⌘ Y BUILD & RUN
…open in New Window double click Clear Console ⌘ K
Build ⌘ B
…decide where
to open ⇧ ⌥ click Run ⌘ R
DOCUMENTATION Stop ⌘ .
Analyze ⌘ ⇧ B
Show Documentation ⌘ ⌥ ? Help for Clicked Symbol ⌥ click
Test ⌘ U
Documentation for Documentation for
for Selection ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ / Clicked Symbol ⌥ double click Clean ⌘ ⇧ K

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1. DECIDE WHERE TO OPEN A FILE 4. TABS

In Xcode, you can open a file in various ways: in the standard Tabs are well-known from almost every IDE and text editor.
editor, in a new or existing assistant editor, in a new or existing However, three things make tabs in Xcode especially powerful:
tab, or in a new window. Here’s how you can decide about this:
a) Each tab can be configured individually. For example, one tab
— When clicking on a file in the Navigator, hold down ⌥ ⇧ could contain just two editor panes, while another one could
contain the project navigator, a single editor pane, and the
— When clicking on a symbol in an editor pane, hold down
utilities area. You can therefore configure tabs that are
⌘ ⌥ ⇧
optimized for different use cases (like coding, debugging,
A pop-over will appear and let you choose where exactly you interface builder tasks, etc).
want the file to be displayed.
b) Tabs persist in a workspace. When reopening a project,
Xcode restores its tabs — including their unique structure.
2. OPEN QUICKLY This makes it worthwhile to take some time to configure

You shouldn’t waste your time digging for a file in your folder your “perfect” setup.

hierarchy. Instead, you can use Xcode’s “Open Quickly” dialog by c) By double-clicking a tab, you can assign it a name. Named
pressing ⌘ ⇧ O . Simply start typing any part of a file’s tabs can then be used in “Behaviors” (see #5).
name — it doesn’t even have to be consecutive letters: “mwinco”
will find your ”MainWindowController” class.
5. BEHAVIORS
As if that wouldn‘t be cool enough, this dialog also lets you
With “Behaviors”, you can tell Xcode how to react when certain
decide where exactly to open the file: hold down ⌘ ⌥ ⇧
events happen. For example, you could have the console view
while double-clicking the file to bring up the pop-over from #1.
shown whenever your app starts running, or you could have a
new tab opened whenever you start a search.
3. CUSTOM CODE SNIPPETS
This becomes even more powerful when combined with named
Whenever you find yourself typing the same bits of code mul- tabs. For example, whenever your app pauses, you can have
tiple times, you should create a code snippet. To do that, first Xcode open your named tab “Debug” — a tab that you configu-
make sure that the “Code Snippet Library” pane is displayed red exactly how you want it to look (maybe with an assistant
by pressing ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ 2 . editor and the debugger shown, but the project navigator

Now go back to your editor pane and start typing what will soon hidden).

be a custom snippet — and remember to insert placeholders for Behaviors can be configured in Xcode’s preferences window.
values you have to fill out when invoking it (e.g. “<#token#>”).

Then highlight and drag that code to the library pane. Apart KEYBOARD SYMBOLS
from naming it, you should also define a “Completion Shortcut”:
⌘ Command key ⌥ Option (alt) key
when you type these letters later, Xcode will offer to substitute
them with your custom snippet. ⌃ Control key ⇧ Shift key

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