How to get rid of blue borders around transparent objects in XCode

Question

I'm a new XCode developer and as I've started up with some tutorials, I've noticed that as I design my layout, there is a strange blue border around objects that should appear transparent. They actually are transparent when you run the app, it has the borders, as shown in the pictures. I'm wondering if there is a way to get rid of these borders so the storyboard more accurately depicts what the app will look like.

In Storyboard:

In App:

In App

Thanks!

score 63 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '15 at 00:43

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Perhaps you can uncheck Editor > Canvas > Show Bounds Rectangles of Xcode's menu.

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answered Jun 13 '15 at 00:43

kishikawa katsumi

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Ah Thank you so much! – TheBrownCoder Jun 13 '15 at 05:12
There must be an hidden shortcut that enables that option. If you have a storyboard with 40+ view controllers with that option enabled XCode hangs even on the most powerful of MBP. – elbuild Sep 25 '16 at 14:40
yep, i found this trap as well ;-) thank you for providing this solution! – Peter Grundner Oct 04 '16 at 11:44
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For anyone coming to this recently like me. If unchecking doesn't work. uncheck, check, and then uncheck again to make it work. – Int'l Man Of Coding Mystery Dec 02 '19 at 05:44

How to get rid of blue borders around transparent objects in XCode

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