How to disable word-wrap in Xcode 4 editor?

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I can't find how to disable word-wrap in Xcode 4 editor. How can I do it?

Because SO recommends up voting to questions too when you find useful information. — eonil, Jun 12 '12 at 10:43
Because it is so not obvious I still need the answer of this question, 2 years after it has been asked. — Micka, May 22 '13 at 14:01
I sometimes wonder how long Apple guys will keep it. Now we're on Xcode 5 era. — eonil, Nov 16 '13 at 06:30
Xcode 6 - still the same. Thanks for the question (and answer below of cource) — vir us, Jul 28 '14 at 08:27
Come on. Word wrap in a code editor by default? Seems apple is so "perfect" that they think editing code is the same as a document file. — Cesar, Nov 28 '20 at 16:31

score 272 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 11 '11 at 14:00

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Go to Xcode Preferences -> Text Editing -> Indentation and deselect Line wrapping.

answered Mar 11 '11 at 14:00

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In the file inspector, in the utilities panel (one on the right), theres a check box to enable/disable this for each file individually. – Matt Le Fleur Jul 03 '15 at 14:25
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Haha, I “always” thought that it was impossible to turn line wrapping in Xcode. Then I come to this answer, and I see I’ve already upvoted it in the past. -_- – Léo Natan May 09 '17 at 17:48

score 28 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 03 '16 at 02:02

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David Hancock has it right (Xcode Preferences -> Text Editing -> Indentation and deselect Line wrapping), but just to add on -- even after reading that, I had trouble finding the option. I see now that Editing and Indentation are at the top of the box, but they are only written in clickable text (at least in Xcode 5)... I was expecting more of a conventional tab UI and had skipped right over them the first couple of times I looked.

Just a heads-up for anyone like me who might have accidentally skipped over them too...

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answered Feb 28 '14 at 01:15

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Took me a moment too to realize it was more of a tab up top for indentation than an area in the main text editing option section. – AtheistP3ace Jan 22 '16 at 16:17
See comments in David Hancook's answer above for doing this per file. – gone Dec 29 '19 at 10:26

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '22 at 08:26

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For those who couldn't find the line wrap setting, it has been moved to the Display tab:

Xcode -> Preferences... -> Text Editing -> Display -> Line Wrapping

answered Aug 29 '22 at 08:26

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How to disable word-wrap in Xcode 4 editor?

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