Live Preview Window - Show/Hide?

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Created Oct ’20

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Hi,

I have been working through some of the SwiftUI tutorials (I really like it so far). Today I was editing a source file and I decided to widen the window a bit. I dragged too far to the right and wound up hiding the Preview. I cannot find any menu item, preference, etc. that allows you to show/hide the Preview. I'd like to get it back but have no idea how. I tried deleting some Xcode preferences but that did not help. I appreciate any advice. This is for Xcode 12.1.

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Answer 1

PilotSteve OP

Oct ’20

Update: Found the solution. In the "Adjust Editor Options" popup menu I had to select "Canvas". Apologies for asking too quickly, but I thought I had tried everything.

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Answer 2

Claude31 OP

Nov ’20

Xcode Editor Menu has a Canvas option as well to toggle on or off.

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Answer 3

jhb OP

Jan ’21

There's a quick-key stroke as well: Option + Command + Enter

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Answer 4

Another New User Account OP

Nov ’21

[Xcode 12.4, Catalina 10.15.6]

Note, whilst the above are the actions you use to get the view back, you must actually have a PreviewProvider in your view's source (at the bottom of the page by default). If you commented it out or deleted this struct, pressing the above keys does nothing.

struct NavigationPrimary_Previews: PreviewProvider {
  static var previews: some View {
    NavigationPrimary(selectedLandmark: .constant(landmarkData[0]))
      .environmentObject(UserData())
  }
}

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Answer 5

Agrammakarei OP

Dec ’22

Thank you for posting this and the answer.

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Answer 6

Stokestack OP

Nov ’23

Isn't it great how the text in the pane itself refers to it as "preview," but nothing else does?

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