XCode 2.1 won't open multiple editor windows

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XCode 2.1 won't open multiple editor windows

How do I get XCode to open each file in a different window? I want ten editor windows open at once. XCode is limiting me to 2.

Posted on Oct 25, 2005 12:45 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 25, 2005 6:48 AM in response to James Hober

If you double click on the file names in the Group & Files on the left side it should open new editor files for each of the files you double click...

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Answer 2

James Hober Author

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Oct 25, 2005 10:16 AM in response to Seejo Pylappan

I have investigated further. Double clicking works to open multiple editors in SOME projects but not in the main project I am working on. Somehow a setting is set for the specific project I am working on not to open multiple windows.

SomeProject.xcodeproj is actually a package. Within it are some XML files. My guess is that a setting in one of the XML files controls whether multiple windows will open. Perhaps that XML file is corrupt.

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Answer 3

Oct 26, 2005 8:42 PM in response to James Hober

On the right side of the editor window toolbar is a button that says either Grouped or Ungrouped. If it says Grouped, Xcode will only have one editor window open. If it says Ungrouped, Xcode will open a new editor window every time you double-click a source code file in the project window. Click the button to toggle between Grouped and Ungrouped.

Mark Szymczyk
Author, Xcode Tools Sensei

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James Hober Author

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Oct 26, 2005 9:41 PM in response to Mark Szymczyk

Yes! The Grouped/Ungrouped button.

Arigato, Sensei Mark. Problem solved.

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