On Jul 14, 2015, at 12:40 PM, Quincey Morris < email@hidden> wrote:
On Jul 14, 2015, at 12:30 , Doug Hill < email@hidden> wrote:
Just as a point of clarification, I’m referring to the Show Assistant Editor button at the top-left of the window.
As a point of clarification, you might mention which version of Xcode you’re using. There was a bug, in Xcode 6.3.x, where the assistant editor *initially* showed the wrong thing — that is, not the thing it was configured to show. That bug is fixed in Xcode 7, though I don’t know if it’s fixed in 6.4.
The symptoms you describe sound like this bug, not any inherent defect in the assistant editor UI. As several people have told you already, the feature you’re asking for exists, and is called “Counterparts” in the popup menu at the top left corner of the assistant editor pane, and it sticks “on” unless you do something to turn it off (except for the above-mentioned bug).
I’m using latest public Xcode 6.4.
While this Counterparts popup menu is useful, my criticism is it’s actually easier to click on Show Assistant editor, click the X to dismiss it and select Assistant editor again. Rather than going to the Counterparts popup and selecting counterparts, which requires navigating a tiny popup menu. Also, I generally don’t have the assistant editor open I have to click on Show Assistant Editor anyways.
Again, I realize this is a lot of virtual bits being generated for this one feature, but it’s something I use on a constant basis every day and it just seems like it’s so hard to do in Xcode.
Thanks for all the replies everyone.
Doug Hill |