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Rob Smythe
Rob Smythe

Reputation: 429

xcode storyboard won't accept changes

My storyboard seems locked. I have added new labels and imageviews to two different scenes, but at runtime the labels and pictures don't show. (All original items are displayed correctly.) I have tried Clean, Build, and Building for Running, Testing, and Profiling. I have copied the entire project to another Mac. It runs the program, accepts changes in the code, but this Mac, too, will not allow changes in the storyboard. (No added items, no changing the position of original items.) It's as if the storyboard is locked for editing.

I've searched for info on storyboard locking but can't find anything that seems to apply to me (i.e. I'm not one of a team working on the same program.)

I'd appreciate any ideas.

(Xcode 4.2 on the 2nd Mac, Xcode 4.3.2 on the original where the problem first arose.)

Upvotes: 16

Views: 13473

Answers (5)

Umair Khalid
Umair Khalid

Reputation: 2329

The solution worked for me was after selecting locked view go to

Editor > Localization Locking > Reset Locking controls

And it will reset

Upvotes: 14

user462990
user462990

Reputation: 5532

I found the Launch Screen Storyboard had an outlet and I had deleted the view controller that serviced it.

Upvotes: 0

gunblues
gunblues

Reputation: 427

I had the same issue in xocde6 and I got the answer on apple developer site

  1. In project navigator, select a .storyboard or .xib file.

  2. Choose a locking level from the Editor > Localization Locking menu. Refer to Locking levels for a description of the locking choices in this menu.

To unlock all the views in the file, choose Reset Locking Controls.

For example, to prevent any edits to the nib file that would impact localized strings files, choose Reset Locking Controls followed by Localizable Properties.

Upvotes: 15

sbjluke
sbjluke

Reputation: 309

The way I solved my issue:

My storyboard Target Membership somehow got unchecked.

You'll find the Target Membership options in the same menu as the accepted answer, which is the File Inspector (first option) on the right sidemenu when you have your storyboard selected in Xcode

Upvotes: 0

agarcian
agarcian

Reputation: 3965

I had the same issue, and realized that I was playing with the Localization Locking setting, which is located on the right hand side menu under Interface Builder Documents.

Localization Locking

Make sure that the selected setting is Nothing if you want to be able to make changes to your storyboard.

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 24

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