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In modern IDEs, there is a keyboard shortcut to open a file by typing its name without putting your hand on the mouse. For example:

  • Eclipse: Cmd|Ctrl + Shift + R -> Open Resource

  • IntelliJ: Cmd|Ctrl + Shift + N -> Open File

Is there a Go to file or Open file shortcut in Xcode?

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Since Xcode 4 (including 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) it's ⌘ + ⇧ + O

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Command + Shift + O is now the shortcut to find a file quickly and open it in Xcode 4

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Its not quite the same, but this might interest you:

Cmd + alt + J

Opens the project navigator and highlights the search bar, ready to type.

Cmd + shift + J Just opens the project navigator.

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  • Cmd-Shift-J will do more than just open the project navigator. It'll do that and select the file that's open in the editing area. To Just open the project navigator, use Cmd-1 (or Cmd-2, Cmd-3 to open other navigators), or Cmd-0 to close them all. – Sanjay Chaudhry Jan 20 '16 at 23:10
  • Actually Cmd-Alt-J will will open whichever navigator was open last and highlight the search bar. – Sanjay Chaudhry Jan 20 '16 at 23:14
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Updated to Xcode 9.3

This is the quick guide for all the Xcode Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • Comment/ Un-comment code: ^ + /

  • Undo: ⌘ + Z

  • Redo: ⌘ + ⇧ + Z

  • Shift Right or Left: ⌘ + [ | ]

  • Indent: ⌃ + I

  • Navigate to the beginning or end of line: ⌘ + ← | →

  • Navigate word by word left or right of line: ⌥ + ← | →

  • Bring up possible auto-completion choices: esc

  • Jump To definition: ⌘ + Click

  • Put a breakpoint to a line: ⌘ + \

  • Move line up or down: ⌘ + ⌥ + [ | ]

  • Find in File: ⌘ + F

  • Find & Replace in File: ⌘ + ⌥ + F

  • Find in Project: ⌘ + ⇧ + F

  • Find & Replace in Project: ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + F

  • New Tab: ⌘ + T

  • Next Tab: ⌘ + ⇧ + {

  • Previous Tab: ⌘ + ⇧ + }

  • Open Quickly: ⌘ + ⇧ + O

  • Move Focus to Editor: ⌘ + J

  • Navigate to Next File in Recently Visited: ⌘ + ⌃ + →

  • Navigate to Previous File in Recently Visited: ⌘ + ⌃ + ←

  • Show present file in Editor: ⌘ + ⇧ + J

  • Fold/ Unfold code: ⌘ + ⌥ + ← | →

  • Fold/ Unfold all methods/functions: ⌘ + ⌥ + ⇧ + ← | →

  • Fold/ Unfold all multiple line comments: ⌃ + ⇧ + ⌘ + ← | →

  • Font Size Increase/Decrease: ⌘ + + | -

  • Go to line number: ⌘ + L

  • Show Assistant Editor: ⌘ + ⌥ + Return

  • Hide Assistant Editor: ⌘ + ↩

  • Toggle Completions: ⌃ + Space

  • Edit All in Scope: ⌘ + ⌃ + E

  • Show / Hide Navigator: ⌘ + 0

  • Switch Tabs: ⌘ + 1 - 8

  • When clicking a File in Navigator open in

  • Assistant Editor: ⌥ + Click

    • New Window: Double click
    • Decide where to open: ⇧ + ⌥ + Click

  • Toggle Debug Area: ⌘ + ⇧ + Y

  • Next Issue: ⌘ + ’

  • Previous Issue: ⌘ + ”

  • Toggle Breakpoints: ⌘ + Y

  • Clear Console: ⌘ + K

  • Show / Hide Utilities: ⌘ + ⌥ + 0

  • Switch Tabs Utilities: ⌘ + ⌥ + 1 - 9

  • Build: ⌘ + B

  • Run: ⌘ + R

  • Stop: ⌘ + .

  • Analyze: ⌘ + ⇧ + B

  • Test: ⌘ + U

  • Clean: ⌘ + ⇧ + K

  • Help for Clicked Symbol: ⌥ + click

  • Documentation for clicked Symbol: ⌥ + Double click

  • Show Documentation: ⌘ + ⇧ + 0

  • Documentation for Selection: ⌘ + ⌥ + ⌃ + /

  • Move Focus to Filter in Navigator: ⌘ + ⌥ + J

  • Move Focus to Filter in Utilities: ⌘ + ⌥ + L

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File → Open Quickly...

You can assign a shortcut to it in Preferences → Key Bindings. The default should be ⌘+Shift+D.

(If you have a #include/#import, you can place the text cursor on it and press ⌘+Shift+D to fill the file name automatically.)

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If you want to jump to specific line in specific file. Then

First: Command + Shift + o

Then type CustomView:60

Means in file CustomView line number 60.

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Also note that if you hold down Command and click on the name of a class, Xcode will jump you to that class' implementation.

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