Xcode no longer opens up assistant editors when I option-click

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This is pretty frustrating. Last week, without updating or changing any settings, if I option-click on a file in the sidebar or in search, it will no longer open that file in a new assistant editor to the right of my current file.

I also can't cmd-option-control-T to open up an assistant editor either.

I just updated to Xcode 12.5.1, I restarted, no luck.

Anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks

Edit: Other projects in Xcode show assistant editor, it's just this one project.

In my case it was Focus button. Press Shift + control + command + enter to disable Focus mode. — Denis Rybkin, Jul 25 '22 at 19:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '21 at 20:00

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I faced a similar problem. Solved by following these steps

Clean the Build: Menu Bar → Product → Clean
Clean the Build Folder: Menu Bar → Product → Hold Option Key → Clean build Folder
Delete Xcode Preferences: Run in terminal, defaults delete com.apple.dt.Xcode

Last Resort: Run XCode fix script by Mark Rickert

Let me know if you have any questions.

answered Jun 28 '21 at 20:00

minchaej

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Thanks @minchaej. No luck running steps 1-3 and restarting Xcode unfortunately. Looking into Mark Rickert's script now – Zack Shapiro Jun 28 '21 at 20:10
Xcode has become very buggy recently for me as well :( – minchaej Jun 28 '21 at 20:11
It's strange because it's only one project. Other projects behave fine and I didn't update any settings to trigger this. Thanks for your help. – Zack Shapiro Jun 28 '21 at 20:37
@minchaelj, see the accepted answer, if you're curious – Zack Shapiro Jun 29 '21 at 13:55
@ZackShapiro Woah thanks as well! – minchaej Jun 29 '21 at 14:43

Xcode no longer opens up assistant editors when I option-click

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