I' using XCode 4.3.2. Moving the caret is so slow that it's forcing me to use the mouse when I need to reach a given location on the screen.
Other applications behave normally. Keyboard sensitivity is set to the maximum speed. In XCode, it takes 10 seconds to go down 70 lines; in TextEdit, it takes 2.5 seconds.
It looks like it is related to the contextual help.
Is it a known problem in XCode, and is there a way to solve it ?
It happens where there are too many open projects in XCode.
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There seems to be no rhyme or reason where Xcode places
Storyboards. Every time I open Xcode they are in a completely different spot in the editor. Is it just me? Can they be locked to stay in one position?
Since this morning I'm facing a really annoying bug in XCode 5 on Mavericks :
I'm heavily used to swipe from left to right with two fingers on the MacBook trackpad to go to the XCode editor previous / next files.
BUT, now, doing this totally freeze the editor after having just moved for something like 5 px.
After that I have to close XCode and reopen it to make the editor work again.
Pressing the previous / next button works wel since it doesn't trigger this buggy animation.
Did anyone had this problem before or has any clue to solve it ?
In fact this problem is affecting other swipe gesture like the previous / next swipe in Safari.
I found a way to fix this on Apple Support Forum, by resetting the NVRAM.
Shut down your Mac.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: cmd ⌘alt ⌥PR. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in next step.
Turn on the computer and immediately press and hold the cmd ⌘alt ⌥PR keys before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.
When your Mac finishes starting up, you might want to open System Preferences and adjust settings that have been reset, such as sound volume, display resolution, startup disk selection, or time zone.
Apple support: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
For me, in Xcode 8.3.3 and Xcode 9, it started working after
Go to the system preferences
Go to Trackpad
Select and deselect "Tap to click"
I've got interesting strange bug in Xcode. I can't find an information and can't fix it.
What happened. One day I came into office, and launched the project in XCode (I do not remember the sequence of actions), and instead of a standard keyboard cursor when editing text, I see a flashing white rectangle. The rectangle is similar to the cursor in the operating system DOS. I can not turn it off. The problem has plagued me for a second day.
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Buttons H, J, K, L perform cursor in the text. Backspace key does not work. Later, after some keystrokes, everything becomes normal, the cursor becomes a standard. After a few seconds, the cursor becomes black again, and everything continues to this scheme.
Additional information:
Mac mini 2011, OS Mac OSX Lion 10.7.3, XCode 4.3;
The problem only occurs in XCode;
The problem occurs with all projects;
I did not change system settings or XCode;
This is not a text selection. If you hold the left mouse button, the rectangle appears on the left of the cursor, in the normal state, the cursor is displayed on the right;
XCode reinstalled several times, with reboots the computer;
Delete all data in the folder ~ Library/Developer/ and ~/System/Library/Developer;
Connect other mouse and keyboard;
I was looking for information on google and stackoverflow.
Thank you for your answer!
I solved this problem.
Deleted XCode. Then I used the program "Find Any File" to search for files containing the title of "xcode" and deleted all files that have been found. Then reinstalled XCode and the problem disappeared.
I tried to find where the settings are XCode but did not find such information, so delete all files containing "xcode" in the title.
This happened to me and I found that I had installed xVim and hadn't noticed it since the changed don't take effect until after restarting Xcode. I removed the plugin in ~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins to fix the issue.
I'm a fairly recent convert to Xcode and OS X. Even though I have two large monitors it feels likes I spend far to much time hunting for windows.
I typically have at least the following windows open:
The file I'm editing.
A matching header file.
Another source file.
API Documentation.
A browser window.
It seems like whatever I want next is always underneath something else. There are lots of ways to switch windows (e.g., Exposé, Spaces, OS X hotkeys, Xcode hotkeys), but that's part of the problem. There are so many different approaches, I can't blindly use one; I have to think about which is the right one for each situation.
How do you organize your Xcode windows so you aren't switching all the time?
Or, how do you effectively switch between windows?
I prefer all-in-one layout (Xcode's preferences->General). If I need to look at several files simultaneously, I split the editor view (the little button above the vertical scroller). I also constantly use Cmd-Option-UpArrow to switch between .h and .m files. The only other window I have is the documentation browser.
I have a dedicated Space for Xcode so that I can switch between Xcode and Safari with a shortcut.
Xcode is unbelievably customizable, though many options are well hidden.
I keep the main XCode window open and the documentation open slightly askew from each other horizontally so i can click one while the other is on top. I use the button (right next to the lock icon) which opens the associated file to toggle in-betweeen the h and m files.
I use expose and keep safari in another panel.
When I'm working at home I plug my MacBook in to my 20" monitor as a second (right side) monitor. I do all my editing in Xcode on the larger monitor, and leave the menu bar, debugging and documentation on the laptop's monitor.
The problem is when I disconnect from the second monitor and want to work on code in "laptop" mode. Now, whenever I open a file for editing, it shows up almost entirely off the screen and I have to drag it over to edit it. I understand (sort of) why this is happening, since I last had it open in a different monitor. What I'd like to do is reset the window positions in Xcode so the edit windows show up completely on the laptop monitor. Any ideas on how to do this?
I'd even be willing to nuke entries out of the preferences (or set up an applescript to do it) but the xcode plist is inscrutable to me.
Right click the project in finder, select show package contents, and delete the two username.* files. Its not automated... but it works.
Additionally if your using some kind of version control system you probably want to add username.* to your ignore pattern.