While programming with Xcode, I’ve developed several habits to make me a faster programmer. I’ll share these tidbits with you.
1. Use Cmd-Shift-D to quickly open files that you know the names to.
I’ll know that I want to open a particular file, such as NSTableView.m. So, I hit cmd-shift-d to bring up the “Open Quicky†dialog and type in nstableview (note that I don’t use the correct case, or extension, and it still works):
This will work for framework header files too.
2. Use Cmd-Alt-UpArrow to switch from the header to the implementation file. I use this ALL the time.
3. Use Cmd-Alt-F to focus the search field. Once it is focused, hit the down arrow to pop up the menu, and the up arrow once to select your project name (then hit enter):
You can then search through all your files using the search field. This works particular well when you can’t remember the full filename.
