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EmptyStack

Reputation: 51374

What are the must know shortcuts in Xcode for faster application development?

What are the must know shortcuts in Xcode for faster application development?

As a special interest, the Mac shortcut I want to know is the one to open application menus (File, Edit, View, Project, Build etc.,). In Windows, if we type Alt + F, the File menu will drop down, and we can navigate through the sub-menus using the arrow keys or typing the letters that are underlined in the menus. How can we do something like that in Mac?

Thanks..

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3763

Answers (9)

Karthick Ramesh
Karthick Ramesh

Reputation: 1486

Click on any method name in the Xcode. Then use ALT + CMD + / to insert comments describing the input and return parameters. This will encourage you to write descriptive comments explaining what is the method supposed to do, thus leading to a more maintainable code.

Upvotes: 1

EmptyStack
EmptyStack

Reputation: 51374

  • Alt + Cmd + Up to toggle between .h and .m files of a class
  • Cmd + ' to move to next error or warning
  • Cmd + Shift + ' to move to previous error or warning
  • Column Selection: Holding down the option key while dragging allows you to perform a column based selection of text. Might be useful in limited circumstances.

Upvotes: 2

Gerard
Gerard

Reputation: 2860

Use CMD + SHIFT + O to open the Open Quickly Dialog. While you type classes, methods and files will appear matching your entered description. Pressing enter will go to said method, class or file. This greatly improved productivity for me.

Upvotes: 0

Gregory Hill
Gregory Hill

Reputation: 155

"Alt + Cmd + Up to toggle between .h and .m files of a class"

This seems to have been disabled in Xcode 4. I've not been able to find a way to set it in Bindings, either. Any hints?

Update: Just found it. It has been changed to "Ctrl + Cmd + Up". It can also be executed with a three finger swipe up or down.

The command, by the way, is called "Jump to Next Counterpart". I knew that.... :-/

Sometimes it takes a Ph.D. in linguistics to figure computer terminology out. And I've been doing this since the early 80s.

Upvotes: 1

iHS
iHS

Reputation: 5432

This is the PDF for all the shortcuts of Xcode

All Xcode Shorcuts

I hope it helps.

Upvotes: 2

Catfish_Man
Catfish_Man

Reputation: 41831

Shift-Command-D (Xcode 3.2) / Shift-Command-O (Xcode 4): Open quickly. Great way to get to the file you want.

Upvotes: 1

NSGod
NSGod

Reputation: 22958

These shortcuts are for Xcode 3.2.x (they may vary from Xcode 3.1.x and other versions):

Command-double click on symbol/method name in source code editor > Open the .h file for symbol

Option-double click on symbol/method name in source code editor > Open the documentation for symbol

Command-Option-Shift-F > Find Selected Text in Project (custom shortcut)

I have the following one setup in User Scripts under Code to insert a standard logging call:

alt text The inserted text is:

NSLog(@"[%@ %@]", NSStringFromClass([self class]), NSStringFromSelector(_cmd));

Upvotes: 1

ughoavgfhw
ughoavgfhw

Reputation: 39925

Control-. to select the next autocompletion, control-/ to select the next placeholder (add shift for previous), control-escape to show autocompletion list.

As a response to your request, if you have full keyboard access turned on, control-fn-F2 will select the menu bar. Then use the arrows to select an item, and space to choose it.

Upvotes: 1

Pablo Santa Cruz
Pablo Santa Cruz

Reputation: 181460

For debugging:

  1. CMD+SHIFT+I (step into)
  2. CMD+SHIFT+O (step)

Building & Running:

  1. CMD+B (build project)
  2. OPT+CMD+ENTER (debug project)

Upvotes: 3

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