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Have I missed something obvious or is it not possible to zoom freely in and out of an open nib file, within the integrated Interface Builder of Xcode 4?

Luke
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I filed a bug report a week or two ago - in short, they're aware of it.

I won't paste the email here as it said it was under NDA.

Here's hoping for 4.0.3 or similar with some zooming :)

Luke
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Xcode 4.2 and no zoom and needed it badly. I have used the OS zoom: - no better alternative

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    Version 4.3 is the current latest on the Mac Appstore, and there's still no zoom functionality when working with nibs. – Luke Feb 27 '12 at 13:44
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For those of us who come upon this question because they removed the +/- in Xcode 6 Interface Builder, you can do it from the Editor menu, or if you have a trackpad, using pinch gestures works too. See attached SS. --Edit-- This is only for Storyboards. Zooming is still gone for individual nibs.

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Matt S.
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I found that if I start a project with the Use Storyboard option checked on the second screen when creating a new project, the MainStoryboard.storyboard file will give me the zoom tool on the lower right hand corner. Still not available on the XIB file.

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I have found a satisfactory solution in the Apple forums, from user rainman50. NOTE: Zooming a XIB is NOT possible in xcode (v6.4) settings, even if you try the keybindings or modify the key bindings, or use pinch zoom gestures with your trackpad. This worked excellently for me. I have an 11" macbook air which is maddening to develop on without external displays. This solution works with external displays!

"I just found a great workaround for the zoom and it works better than before. The zoom defaults to fullscreen zoom and when you have multiple monitors it zooms all of them. Normally I don't need to zoom all just the one monitor that I'm working on. Go to "system preferences " ,"accessibility ", set zoom style to "picture in picture" and then click "more options" and then click "adjust size and location" then you can set the zoom window to the size of a monitor. then when you zoom only the monitor you are on gets zoomed and is fast.

Works for me. Hopefully helps others as well." -rainman50

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In Xcode 8, select Editor->Zoom and choose your desired magnification. Alternatively, use pinch and pan gestures if you have a touchpad. Thanks @matt s.

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EDIT: This is not an answer but a suggestion to at least zoom in and have better pixel level control.

I am unaware of a way to zoom in/out within xcode but with a mac, you can zoom in using the accessibility controls. On my MacBook, I hold command and scroll with two fingers on the touchpad to enable this feature.

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  • I think I know what you are referring to - on the iMac I have here, it's Ctrl + mouse zoom; but as you have described this only zooms into the screen and not out further than the size of the display. – Luke Jun 02 '11 at 07:53
  • This is not possible with an external display. Using Xcode on an 11" air is maddening without an external display. Accessibility zoom controls don't work with external monitors = ( It's inconceivable that Apple wouldn't value this functionality for development. – jungledev Aug 17 '15 at 19:09