How can I see the full error or warning in Xcode?

Question

No matter how large I make the window, this is all I can see of warnings:

How can I see the full text of the warning at the place it appears?

I could hover the mouse over the warning as it appears in the left pane and, after waiting long enough, a tooltip appears with the full text, but I find this very awkward... Is this the only way?

Answer 1

#### Here's a very handy trick: ####

1) Look in the issue navigator

2) Go to: xCode preferences > General > "Issue Navigator Detail" > now boost the dropdown to 10 lines.

Now you can see the whole message in the issue navigator!

Answer 2

The Issue Navigator is a compact representation. If you really want all the details, you can view the build transcript:

• cmd+7
• click on the top-most "Build $APP" section.
• locate the warning or error
• click the buttons on the right to see the full details of the step you are interested in

Double clicking on a message will then reveal the source location in the editor.

Answer 3

The easiest way to do it is right clicking the message in the "Issue Navigator" and choosing "Reveal in Log".