Xcode Auto Complete Icons Description

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Ammar S. Mitoori OP

Created Apr ’20

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Hi

there are many areas in Xcode that have icons such as items in auto completion in code editor or the debugger at run time, where can I find a help document that describes there meanings--

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Answered by Claude31 in 415171022

Did not find "official doc" ; you could file for an improvement request on doc.

in autocompletion: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38294699/what-do-the-xcode-icons-signify-during-autocompletion

C: class
S: struct
Pr: Protocol
Ex: extension (found in the symbol navigator, but not code completion)
T: Type (generic type constraint, protocol associated type, etc)
L:
```
L
```
ocal value / variable
V:
```
V
```
alue /
```
V
```
ariable
P: property (IIRC Xcode favors L/V for Swift, but you see P for ObjC properties)

This one seems the definite list, very comprehensive:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6662395/xcode-intellisense-meaning-of-letters-in-colored-boxes-like-f-t-c-m-p-c-k-etc)

Red: macros

= macro (think

#define

)

Brown: Core Data / namespace

= modeled class
= modeled method
= modeled property
= C++ namespace

Orange: aliased types

= Objective-C category
= enum
= typedef / typealias
= Swift extension

Green: variables

= binding
= function
= field
= constant
= local variable
= IBOutlet
= variable (can be ivar, global var, local var, etc.)
= parameter (think f(x))

Blue: methods

= IBAction
= method
= property

Purple: aggregate types

= class (Objective-C, Swift or C++)
= class extension
= Objective-C/Swift protocol
= struct
= union

Gray: snippets

= snippets

Icons:

#pragma mark

or comments

=
```
!!!: ...
```
=
```
FIXME: ...
```
=
```
???: ...
```
=
```
TODO: ...
```
=
```
MARK: ...
```

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Claude31 OP

Apr ’20

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