Xcode, default window layouts?

default, preferences, xcode

Solution

Go to Xcode (in the top menu bar) --> Preferences...

Switch to the Behaviors tab and modify what you want in the Running section

You'll get something like this:

You can choose to show/hide what you need, and specify the default behavior

Cheers

EDIT:

After understanding what you need, I will modify my answer.

There is no way to force XCode to automatically enter a behavior at startup.

The best you can do is to create a custom behavior and give it a keyboard shortcut. And when you start XCode just use the keyboard shortcut to enter the desired behavior.

This is how it is done:

In the behaviors tab (above) click on the + sign at the bottom

Then enter the desired name of this behavior (Maybe StartupBehavior)

Click on the left button to modify the shortcut key. My preferred shortcut key is Command + ` (the button to the left of the '1' key). This is because it will not override any other command and it is easy to click.

Note: you can specify any shortcut you like and dont be afraid to override one that already exists if you don't use it.

Now you need to configure your behavior the way you like it

Close the preference windows.

Now everytime you start XCode just use the shortcut key you specified (Command + ` in my case) to quickly load your behavior

Note:

If you dont like keyboard shortcuts you can also load your behavior by going to Xcode (menu bar) --> Behaviors --> Select your behavior

That is the quickest way you can achieve what you want. I dont think you will be able to force Xcode to run your behavior automatically on startup.

Hope it helped.

Cheers

Problem

No-one has been able to answer this question. It would seem to be impossible to have XCode open this way. However Youssef provided the most useful answer - so Youssef gets the points, thank you Youssef. Note for future readers .. the mac utility Moom is excellent for some, but not all, problems of this nature. Again it is not a total solution. Using the current up-to-date XCode, Whenever I OPEN a project in XCode (or start a new project), it looks like this: However, I want it to look like this: Again that's when I OPEN a project. Is there any way to achieve this? Thanks.

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