Xcode right pane (utilities pane) not applicable?

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I was programming using Swift in Xcode, halfway through when I wanted to edit a button using the utilities pane, I realised it became "Not Applicable". Attributes inspector, Connections inspector, etc all became "Not Applicable", only the Quick Help inspector still shows.

I have selected the button in the Storyboard.

Can anybody help with this?

Attached are screenshots.. Attributes inspector not showing

Connections inspector not showing

Only Quick Help inspector shows

If none of the solutions work, you can add an `identifier` attribute to the respective element in the .storybuilder file manually. For example, `` gives your segue the identifier of _foobar_. Do not confuse `identifier` with `id`. — JaneGoodall, May 05 '18 at 21:07

milczi · Answer 1 · 2017-12-21T10:40:49.757

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Storyboard can't be opened at the start.

Open any file (like AppDelegate) but not storyboard.
Then close Xcode.
Open xcode again.

Works in Xcode 7.2

edited Dec 21 '17 at 10:40

answered Feb 15 '16 at 20:27

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This works perfectly fine, this should be accepted answer, and apple should fix this stupid bug. – Adeel Pervaiz Feb 21 '16 at 20:14
Works fine in Xcode Version 9.1 too !! Not getting, it is bug or smart feature of XCode :) – Jignesh Fadadu Nov 17 '17 at 05:19
Did not work in 9.3 and neither did deleting DerivedData, cleaning the project, etc. Ended up adding an `identifier` attribute to the `` element by editing the .storybuilder file manually: ``. This gives you the identifier of _foobar_. – JaneGoodall May 04 '18 at 05:33
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It works and this Xcode bug still exists in Xcode 12.4 – zyxman Apr 19 '21 at 20:23
this is still an issue in Xcode 14 beta – Ryan Francesconi Aug 10 '22 at 17:48
@2022 and still this issue exists in Xcode. This solution works perfectly. – Deepzz Oct 10 '22 at 07:07
Thank you Apple, for keeping Xcode that stable for 5 years. – ibrahimyilmaz Oct 17 '22 at 21:03

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 05 '15 at 06:30

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It also happened to me, I fixed it by deleting the derived data. Go to Window > Projects, select the project, and delete the derived data

answered Jun 05 '15 at 06:30

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happened to my Xcode 7.1.1 after some 'successful' git merge; deleting derived data for the project, deleting workspace & project user files, git checkout resolved issue for me. – Denis Nov 25 '15 at 21:09
i'm also using workspace. also try closing the storyboard, and restarting xcode. – A C Feb 21 '16 at 23:37

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 17 '17 at 05:54

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Storyboard -> Viewcontroller -> Control -> (Identity / Attributes / Size / Connections' Inspector) window not works then follow below steps.

1. Open any file (like AppDelegate) but not storyboard.
2. Then close xcode.
3. Open xcode again.

Works fine in Almost all updated version of Xcode.

answered Nov 17 '17 at 05:54

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It works perfectly. Thanks a lot, i was stuck from 3 days, You save my day. Bingo. I checked in Xcode 9.0 and also in Xcode 9.1. – Paresh Patel Nov 17 '17 at 06:10

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 17 '16 at 09:34

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First of all, try deleting DerivedData, as mentioned above.

If it doesn't help, open the storyboard or xib file by locating it in the Project Navigator tree. When I use the shortcut Cmd + Shift + o (Open Quickly dialog) to open the storyboard, then I see Not Applicable in Utiilties pane.

answered Mar 17 '16 at 09:34

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Opening from project navigator tree is what helped me! If I try to open from Recent Files it doesn't work. So weird... Tx! – Andy Weinstein Jan 02 '17 at 10:35

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 21 '18 at 18:02

Yes it is a bug in xcode I have tried cleaning my project, reopened xcode, even changed my derived data location but nothing worked.

The only thing we have to do is close all the storyboards but should not close xcode. Select any swift file. Then choose the storyboard again. Now you will be able to access the all the things in utilities.

Taimoor Arif · Answer 6 · 2023-02-13T07:04:06.993

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This solution still works on xCode 14.2.

I was having the same issue. This is a bug in xCode.

Follow these steps:

Close all the storyboards
Open a swift file
Open the storyboard again

This solution works for me.

edited Feb 13 '23 at 07:04

answered Dec 11 '21 at 07:39

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Works for me and is much better than restarting Xcode every time. – Kwnstantinos Nikoloutsos Feb 22 '23 at 10:00

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 14 '23 at 18:40

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In Xcode 14, if you are editing a XIB file that is inside of a SPM package and you get "Not Applicable" for selection - what fixes it for me is to select the file in the primary folder navigation in the project. If the xib is open via another means (such as Search), it will show as Not Applicable for any properties you want to edit.

answered Feb 14 '23 at 18:40

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This actually worked for me. It's a shame that this bug still exists.. – Kwnstantinos Nikoloutsos May 19 '23 at 14:58

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 18 '16 at 07:40

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In my case was not helping to clean Derived Data. I noticed that I have had opened storyboard in two tabs. So closed active one and opened inactive did the trick for me.

It was with the xCode 7.2.

answered Jan 18 '16 at 07:40

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 23 '15 at 14:37

I had the same issue and I observed that the MyApp.xcodeproj file had some changes after a XCode crash Version 6.3.2 (6D2105).

As I recall instead the App name "MyApp" it was written "project".

Since the clean proposed in the previous answer did not help me, I restored the files from my git repository.

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 07 '15 at 22:08

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If you are using size class make sure your build settings support the the size class. Ex: if you are using iPad Portrait Go to General -> Deployment Info section -> Devices (Universal or iPad)

answered Nov 07 '15 at 22:08

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jan 04 '18 at 12:18

tl;dr: Try selecting the Base localized Storyboard file instead of the normal file.

I was having this issue recently with Xcode 9.2. None of the other tips worked for me. One of my colleagues told me this solution which worked:

The Storyboard file in my case was localized. What I just had to do was instead of using the "Settings.storyboard" I had to open up the localized files by clicking the "►" Symbol on the left and then choosing the "Settings.storyboard (Base)" file. This fixed it.

Of course, this solution will only apply to your if your Storyboard/XIB file is localized.

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered May 04 '18 at 05:31

Since none of the other answers worked in XCode 9.3, I just edited the XML directly by adding the identifier="foobar" attribute to <segue> element:

1) Right click the storyboard and mouse over Open As >, then click Source Code.

2) ⌘F for segue, then add an identifier (not to be confused with an id) so that this:

<segue destination="BYZ-38-t0r" kind="show" id="QBP-0i-mUm"/>

becomes this:

<segue destination="BYZ-38-t0r" kind="show" identifier="foobar" id="QBP-0i-mUm"/>

This might be unfeasible if you have a lot of segues since it's hard to tell which one is which. For Tab Bar Controllers, they seem to be ordered from left to right.

Nidhi Dhorajiya · Answer 13 · 2018-06-19T08:52:07.600

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Please make sure that you are editing in Main.Storyboard not in Main. Storyboard.Base.

because source file does not allow edit change in identity inspector it will work.

1)open project navigator

2)select Main.storyboard file

it was worked for me..try it!

edited Jun 19 '18 at 08:52

answered Jun 19 '18 at 08:46

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Nov 09 '21 at 12:29

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For me in XCODE 13, that work, just click on + button and select-paste

answered Nov 09 '21 at 12:29

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score -1 · Answer 15 · answered Nov 06 '17 at 04:51

There's no bug. Just make sure to select the View Controller in the storyboard file. If none is selected, then those tabs should in fact be "not applicable". If you have multiple View Controllers in one storyboard file, then swift won't know which you want to modify.

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