open quickly search order change?

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Davidbaraff2 OP
Created Mar ’16
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In Xcode 7.2 (and possibly earlier versions of xcode 7.3, though I can't swear to it) it seems like "local" project results (e.g. files in my project) were favored by being put at the top of the completion list. For example, if I had the file "DirectoryViewController.swift" then typing "dire" into the open quickly search box would put my local file at the top, and system stuff like "dirent.h" etc. at the bottom.


Now in Xcode 7.3 I find that Open Quickly is swamping me with results that come from stuff used by my project (e.g. names of public variables in swift classes from Foundation or UIKit) rather than stuff that I defined in my project (my own file names/public methods). Everything is being found, but local results no longer appear at the top.


Is this intentional? Any chance the order could revert to what it was? A preference?


Since there's far more global stuff (that one didn't write) than local stuff, it's very disconcerting that open quickly has become much less useful to me (i have to type many more characters to get what i want now near the top of the list) than it was in previous versions.


any suggestions welcome (as are any fixes planned!)

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phatmann OP
Mar ’16

+1


I sure hope there is some way to solve this with a plug in. I will write it if I have to!

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Whootang12 OP
Mar ’16

This is driving me crazy! Command - Shift - O defnitely used to prioritize files over everything else. Hopefully this is a bug and not an intentional change - would love a workaround if anybody has one.

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ABR OP
Apr ’16

+1

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rromanchuk2 OP
Apr ’16

+1, really annoying, can't find any configuration settings to fix it either

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Davidbaraff2 OP
Apr ’16

You may well be right that it the prioritization of files that changed. i'd have to look back at an older version. but i think it's becoming clear that the new behavior should be reverted or if not then made configurable, in case this new behavior is to someone's benefit. anybody from team xcode reading this?

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mrmomoko OP
Apr ’16

+1 I would love to see a solution to this.

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jorgefspereira OP
Apr ’16

+1

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donarb OP
May ’16

Open Quickly has fuzzy matching, so for DirectoryViewController.swift, you can just type "dvc" instead.

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diego_cath OP
Jun ’16

+1

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wizard_fu OP
Oct ’16

+1


Dear Xcode devs. Please, please fix Xcode's quick open to prioritize local project files! And also it would be nice to have a configuration option like "do not ever include results from external files in the quick open". As a user of Xcode that relies heavily on the quick open, these features are essential.

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Claude31 OP
Oct ’16

file a bug, it's the only way to get sopme attention from developers' team.


And no problem if several file the same bug, that just add weight.

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albintornqvist OP
Mar ’23

Any solution to this yet? I find this to be a problem still 6 years later in Xcode 14.2 and the 14.3 Beta...

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