Xcode Folders Auto-Expanding When Clicking "Project Navigator"

Question

Every time I re-open the Project Navigator tab in the left side of Xcode (I.E move away from it into another tab and come back to it), my folders and subfolders all "magically" expand on their own. I can't seem to figure out what the problem is. It's getting really frustrating collapsing them on my own every time (even with the option-Arrow Key short cut).

Has anyone else experienced this?

this is happening to me too! its so annoying. Im also searching for a solution — 1ak31sha, Jun 24 '16 at 00:16
@user2464951 thought I was the only one! If I get a solution I'll update it here. For now, I been just closing all folders by highlight the top directory and holding option + left arrow key. But it's so frustrating still — Logan, Jun 25 '16 at 00:53
Possible duplicate of [Xcode remember what folders were collapsed / opened](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19223633/xcode-remember-what-folders-were-collapsed-opened) — miken32, Aug 10 '16 at 20:00
This is a bug and still unresolved. Please dupe the issue at http://openradar.appspot.com/32787072 on http://bugreport.apple.com — Tricky, Jun 21 '18 at 22:28

score 109 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 26 '18 at 06:37

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Input any number of letters in the File filter, then close your Xcode immediately, then reopen your Xcode, then you will see the magic

Demo

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answered Feb 26 '18 at 06:09

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I did it in this way indeed, although it looks ridiculous – Lixiang Feb 26 '18 at 06:59
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Xcode team, this is such an intuitive feature. Joking aside, this worked, folders seem to be staying closed. – WCByrne Mar 20 '18 at 22:39
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OMG GENIUS ALERT – Bptstmlgt Mar 27 '18 at 05:02
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Brilliant - this should be the selected answer. Forget deleting folders, just make sure you close all the folders and then type in the characters. Then Quit Xcode , don't close the project - just quite Xcode. – Duncan Groenewald Jun 11 '18 at 00:03
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Shame for Apple. Such stupid bugs persist for years. – AlexeyVMP Jun 14 '18 at 05:00
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Genius. Everyone, please file a quick bug report at http://bugreport.apple.com, you can just copy and paste the one from http://openradar.appspot.com/32787072. Apple often state that the more an issue is duplicated by people filing the same bug, the higher up the priority list it's moved. – Tricky Jun 21 '18 at 22:48
OMG. Great answers, how did you discover that? :) – Nemanja Sep 01 '18 at 11:30
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It works but the problem comes back some time later :( – Rodrigo Venancio Sep 17 '18 at 20:51

score 57 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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I found a solution for this from another posted question.

Delete this file...

MyProjectName.xcodeproj > project.xcworkspace > xcuserdata > myusername.xcuserdatad > UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate

Xcode remember what folders were collapsed / opened

I also had a similar issue with the search filter for an asset catalog failing to clear. Deleting the .xcuserstate file solved that as well

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Sorry but after deleting this file, Xcode 9 keeps expanding all project folders e.g., when I add a new file or group to the tree. ¿Any ideas?. Even if I delete this file, and relaunch Xcode, all folders keep expanded. It's very annoying – Jorge Ramos Jan 04 '18 at 06:42
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To make this work on Xcode 9, I had to delete the entire myusername.xcuserdatad directory. Otherwise as @AaronWright said, it is only a temporary fix. – Guillaume L. Feb 12 '18 at 10:49
Deleted the file but still same issue – Mujahid Latif Sep 10 '18 at 06:07

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 15 '17 at 12:39

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With CocoaPods, delete this:

MyProjectName.xcworkspace > xcuserdata > myusername.xcuserdatad > UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate

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I wasn't using CocoaPods, but I still had an .xcworkspace outside of the project directory and this was the right answer. – Chase Finch Aug 20 '18 at 13:30

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 13 '18 at 20:43

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The solution is to click the square in the red circle. Maybe you accidentally clicked it without knowing that

Screenshot from XCode

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this solution worked for me other solutions like deleting files etc didn't work – Mujahid Latif Sep 10 '18 at 06:25

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 10 '18 at 11:53

In my case @G.Car... and @Younes Rouabah answers did not work alone. But both done the trick

Step 1: Delete File

MyProjectName.xcodeproj > project.xcworkspace > xcuserdata > myusername.xcuserdatad > UserInterfaceState.xcuserstate

Step 2: Restart XCode

Step 4: Click the square in the red circle

Restart XCode Again

Xcode Folders Auto-Expanding When Clicking "Project Navigator"

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