Xcode Editor: Highlight instance of selected symbol

Question

Xcode does not highlight the selected instance in the editor.

Xcode - Text Editing preference has an option to enable/disable selected code/symbol highlight. And it's enabled there, but it still doesn't work in the editor.

Here is a snapshot of my editor code, with the selected instance.

I'm using Xcode 9.3-beta2.

Here is a similar question, but it's related to changing the highlight color: Make Xcode highlight selected symbol more

This will be an Xcode 9.3 bug IMO. It works for me with Xcode 9.2. — Tamás Sengel, Feb 16 '18 at 14:58

LGP · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-16T15:01:39.067

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Did you try just to click on a symbol? If I do that it will highlight all instances. Below I just placed the cursor on NSNotificationCenter by clicking on it. So, do not select the word, only place the cursor in it.

edited Feb 16 '18 at 15:01

answered Feb 16 '18 at 14:58

LGP

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You can see in snapshot - `largelabel` instance is already selected. – Krunal Feb 16 '18 at 14:59
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Yes, my point is it should _not_ be selected, but just have the cursor in it. – LGP Feb 16 '18 at 15:00
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How can I change the highlight color? – DawnSong Nov 24 '18 at 03:28

Xcode Editor: Highlight instance of selected symbol

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