Re: Target Column?
Re: Target Column?
- Subject: Re: Target Column?
- From: Joar Wingfors <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 08:30:56 -0700
On 10 apr 2014, at 01:28, Dave <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On 10 Apr 2014, at 01:09, Jerry Krinock <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> On 2014 Apr 09, at 05:47, Dave <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> Failing that, is there anyway to get a list showing all the files along with which target they are in and allow me to quickly switch targets on/off for a given file or files?
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>> Yes, to your second request. The “Target Membership” checkboxes that appear in the Utility Area when you select a file in the Project Navigator appear to be “Multiple-Selection Smart”. I mean that if you select multiple files that have different target memberships, targets which have some but not all files as members get a dash “-“, indicating “mixed" state. I presume that if you make your multiple selection, then switch the checkbox on and off, membership will be switched on or off for all of the selected files.
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>> I would call it “another recent Apple user interface innovation”, but I think I did this in the Inspector Panel of one of my apps before they did :))
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> Yes, it kind of works, but it’s much harder to read and use than the old columns approach. For a start, you have to click something on the extememe left and then move all the way across to the extreme right, just to toggle a check box, which breaks just about every UI rule in the book!
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> The (lack) of UI design in XCode 5 is shocking, why they don’t employ a really good UI designer rather than leaving it up to the whim of developers is beyond me.
This changed in Xcode 4 (which was released three years ago). The checkbox represented the active target, which works well for a project with only one target but have all sorts of issues for projects with more than one target. Inspectors are an established UI design pattern, and their pervasive use in Xcode 4/5 makes them more discoverable to the user - compared with the off-by-default target column.
Joar
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