How to format code in Xcode? [duplicate]

Question

I wonder how can I format my code to align it neatly? Does it have a feature similar to Eclipse's ctrlshiftf?

Massachusetts

I have gathered all available options as in Feb 2021 in this post: https://mcmap.net/q/87703/-how-can-i-format-code-in-xcode-like-in-eclipse-or-netbeans – Blodgett

Answer 1

Select first the text you want to format and then press Ctrl+I.

Use Cmd+A first if you wish to format all text in the selected file.

Note: this procedure only re-indents the lines, it does not do any advanced formatting.

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In Xcode 12 beta:

The new key binding to re-indent is control+I.

Radman

Thanks for this! Quick question though, do you recall where you can edit the templates that Xcode uses for its formatting? In Xcode 3 I had customized mine a bit, but I can't find the bookmark I had that said how to do it, and, the technique is probably different now. – Doha

it doesn't format code. it just reindents lines. Just like the menu item says. It doesn't take care of adding or removing extra spaces between various symbols – Rider

I think it is i, Ctrl+i, not Ctrl+L – Cirri

Yeah, still no advanced formatting (Feb 2020)... looks like a lot of people (myself included) came to Xcode from a more engineering-oriented IDE. I personally find that Xcode is missing a lot of productivity/navigation/auto-complete features I really got used to in Eclipse/IntelliJ products... to me it feels like an Apple notepad app compared to IDEA :/ – Sibie

There is a solution! The solution is to use a Automation-Script. Check out this Tutorial for a detailed step-by-step instruction. luisramos.dev/xcode-format-and-save – Tornado

-1, as this is NOT a full code formatting, it is just very bad re-indentation - look into the IntelliJ Idea / Android Studio for what actually is the code formatting... – Schnorrer

Answer 2

Key combination to format all text on open file:

Cmd ⌘ A + Ctrl I

Nowak

Answer 3

1. Select the block of code that you want indented.

2. Right-click (or, on Mac, Ctrl-click).

3. Structure → Re-indent

Profanity

Answer 4

I would suggest taking a look JetBrains AppCode IDE. It has a Reformat Code command. I have come from a C# background and used Visual Studio with Jetbrains Resharper plugin, so learning AppCode has been a pleasure because many of the features in Resharper also exist in AppCode!

Theres too many features to list here but could well be worth checking out

• http://www.jetbrains.com/objc/features/index.html
• http://www.jetbrains.com/objc/

Haggerty

Good tip but doesn't really answer the question. – Lanfri

Unfortunately, AppCode sunsetted. – Pecksniffian