Short cut in Xcode to switch between help and IDE

Question

I'm new to the XCode IDE, Mac and IOS programming. Means that I'll swap a lot between help and editor. However when using Cmd+Tab I'll not swap between help and IDE but between other open apps.

Does anyone know a short cut to switch between IDE and help?

Answer 1

1. OPT+Cmd+? will bring the help in XCode (the shortcut is mentioned if you go to the help section)

2. use 1. in combination with CMD+' to scroll through all open projects / windows within XCode.

You can have a look to this page: it refers all XCode shortcuts and gesture.

Answer 2

The default shortcut to open the Organizer is Cmd+Shift+2, which you can edit in the Preferences of Xcode if you want.

There is also a shortcut which will directly bring you to the Documentation tab: Cmd+Alt+?.

Additionally, you can set a shortcut to switch between the windows of the active app in System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts. The default is Cmd+< but I prefer Alt+Tab.