Xcode Treasures

Inspecting the Inspectors

While a fair amount of storyboard time is spent in the content area at the center of the window, the inspector area on the right is often where the action is. Whatever is selected in the content area—a view controller in the document outline, a view, a button, an auto layout constraint, etc.—its properties will be shown in the various inspectors on the right.

For iOS, there are six inspectors, indicated by a toolbar atop the utilities area, which itself can be shown or hidden by a button in the main toolbar. In order, the inspectors are: File, Quick Help, Identity, Attribute, Size, and Connection. macOS adds two additional inspectors: Bindings and View Effects. The inspectors can be shown (un-hiding the utilities area ...