How to create an IBInspectable of type enum

Question

enum is not an Interface Builder defined runtime attribute. The following does not show in Interface Builder\'s Attributes Inspector:

Answer 1

This is an old thread but useful. I have adapted my answer to swift 4.0 and Xcode 9.0 - Swift 4 has its own little issues with this problem. I am having an @IBInspectable variable with enum type and Xcode 9.0 is not happy, showing me this "Property cannot be marked @IBInspectable because its type cannot be representing in Objective-c"

@Eporediese answers this problem (for swift3) in part; using a property for the storyboard but a straight enum for the rest of the code. Below is a more complete code set that gives you a property to work with in both cases.

enum StatusShape: Int {
  case Rectangle = 0
  case Triangle = 1
  case Circle = 2
}
var _shape:StatusShape = .Rectangle  // this is the backing variable

#if TARGET_INTERFACE_BUILDER
  @IBInspectable var shape: Int {    // using backing variable as a raw int

    get { return _shape.rawValue }
    set {
      if _shape.rawValue != newValue {
        _shape.rawValue = newValue
      }
    }
}
#else
var shape: StatusShape {  // using backing variable as a typed enum
  get { return _shape }
  set {
    if _shape != newValue {
      _shape = newValue
    }
  }
}
#endif