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Re: from symbol name to full documentation in Xcode 4
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Re: from symbol name to full documentation in Xcode 4


  • Subject: Re: from symbol name to full documentation in Xcode 4
  • From: Christiaan Hofman <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:45:45 +0100

On Mar 18, 2011, at 16:40, Matt Neuburg wrote:

>
> On Mar 18, 2011, at 8:23 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>
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>> On Mar 18, 2011, at 16:15, Matt Neuburg wrote:
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>>>
>>> On Mar 18, 2011, at 3:25 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> On Mar 18, 2011, at 5:55, Matt Neuburg wrote:
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>>>>> In Xcode 3 I could Command-Option-double-click a term to look it up in the documentation. It was probably one of the most common things I did.
>>>>>
>>>>> In Xcode 4 I have experimented with various modifier clicks, and none of them takes me beyond the Quick Help dialog. Is this now regarded as unnecessary on the grounds that Quick Help exists? I see that I can get exactly where I want to go by clicking in Quick Help, but what I'm wondering is if there's a way to avoid Quick Help as an intermediary. m.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried just holding down the most obvious modifiers and moving the mouse?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Could you be more explicit? m.
>>>
>>> --
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>> Have you even tried? Because if you did, that should be obvious. Just hold down Option, move over a symbol, and click the link that appears.
>>
>
> But that just summons the Quick Help dialog. What I'm asking is precisely how to *avoid* this and go *directly* in the *full* documentation window to the API to which the Quick Help is linked, like what Command-Option-double-click used to do. I don't think there's a way. Unless you're seeing a different behaviour? m.
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AFAICS you can't avoid it. Moreover, I see no reason why you'd want to avoid this. Instead of selecting an item in a menu you now have to click a link in a popup. It takes exactly the same number of clicks, just slightly different UI.

Christiaan

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