Xcode duplicate/delete line

Question

Coming from Eclipse and having been used to duplicate lines all the time, it\'s pretty strange finding out that Xcode has no such function. Or does it?

I know it\'s

Answer 1

OK, so I had this working for a while and then suddenly it broke. Now I have combined from different posts here and found a solution that works for XCode 6.3.1.

1. Go to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Frameworks/IDEKit.framework/Versions/A/ with Finder.

2. find the folder named Resources. Right Click it, press Get Info, unlock the sharing & permissions setting (By pressing the lock) and set it to Read & Write for all.

3. Enter the folder and find the file IDETextKeyBindingSet.plist. Right Click it, press Get Info, unlock the sharing & permissions setting (By pressing the lock) and set it to Read & Write for all.

4. Open the file with XCode (Default)

5. Find deletions, right click and add a new row. Name it for example Delete Line. In the value field, type: selectLine:, deleteBackward: . (This can also be done for duplicate line: selectLine:,copy:,moveToEndOfLine:,insertNewline:,paste:,deleteBackward:)

6. Start XCode, go to preferences / keybindings and search for Delete Line. Set shortcut. Enjoy.