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I'm using OS X 10.9.1 (Mavericks) and Xcode 5.0.2. I create a new project and in the project's Build Settings, there are no menus to choose values for the different options. Here's a screenshot...

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You can see that, for example, Base SDK shows an iphoneos value, and Build Active Architectures Only shows the value YES, but it's like hardcoded, there's no menu to choose another value. Instead, when I create a new project in another computer, using also Mavericks (OS X 10.9 in this case) and Xcode 5.0.2, I get the expected menus, as seen in this other screenshot... enter image description here

Why Xcode doesn't show menus for build settings options in one of the computers?

Xavi
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  • Have you tried double clicking it? – Popeye Jan 22 '14 at 13:41
  • Double-clicking it opens a pop-up area where I can write any other value, and when I press Enter that new value replaces the old one. But that doesn't fix the problem (because, ex., in Code Signing Identity, I want to see a menu with the available identities). – Xavi Jan 22 '14 at 13:57
  • Based on comments from the below answer and the one above I am completely confused at what you are after and what you think should be happening. Voted to close based on **Unclear what you're asking** – Popeye Jan 22 '14 at 14:08
  • Popeye, it's clear. Notice how upper image does not have popup arrows on the value settings, while the lower image does? This is controlled by the `Editor > Show...` menu items. – NSGod Jan 22 '14 at 15:12

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In Xcode, choose Editor > Show Values. That will switch from the current view style (which is "Show Definitions" that uses plain text fields) to using "Show Values", which will add in popup menus where appropriate.

NSGod
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  • This is still correct for more recent XCode versions (8.1+). An important note: the "editor->show values" option will only appear if the project settings editor is currently active. So, if you're viewing code for example, the menu option will be absent. – Dominic Dos Santos Jan 23 '17 at 23:05
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If you want to see all the available option for Build Setting then select All option and for Target setting option click on the Target option setting

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Retro
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  • The problem is not that I can't see all the available options, but that there's no menu to choose a value from for each option. Ex. notice that in my first screenshot the "Build Active Architecture Only > Debug" displays `YES` (in uppercase, **without** the symbol indicating that this is a menu to the right), whereas in the second screenshot it displays `Yes` (capitalized), **and** there's a symbol to the right indicating that this is a menu (as, in fact, it is, and by clicking on it I can choose between Yes, No, or Other...). Doing what you say doesn't change that (i.e. still no menus). – Xavi Jan 22 '14 at 13:48