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The Object Library You can view the Library by choosing View, Utilities, Show Object Library from the menu bar (Control+Option+Command+3). If it isn't already visible, the Utility area of the Xcode interface opens, and Object Library is displayed in the lower right.
In Xcode 13, the Object library is hidden by default. You have to click the + button at the top menu, as displayed in figure 3-14, to make it appear as a floating window. The Object library contains all the available UI objects such as button, label, image view for you to design your user interface.
Use the keyboard shortcut shift-command-L (⇧⌘L) to open the library. This opens the snippet browser in the source editor or the object browser in Interface Builder. Use shift-command-M (⇧⌘M) to open the media library.
The trick is to press Option key when you drag something for the first (!) time. It will keep the window docked in the same place until it's closed. Next time you open library use Ctrl + Shift + Option + L.
Shortcuts:
Shift + Command + L: Show Library.
Shift + Command + M: Show Media Library.
Xcode 10 has added a toolbar button to access the Object Library.
From a thread on Apple Developer Forum:
Library content has moved from the bottom of the Inspector area to an overlay window, which can be moved and resized like Spotlight search. It dismisses once items are dragged, but holding the Option key before dragging will keep the library open for an additional drag.
The library can be opened via a new toolbar button, the
View > Librariesmenu, or the ⇧⌘L keyboard shortcut. Content dynamically matches the active editor, so the same UI provides access to code snippets, Interface Builder, SpriteKit, or SceneKit items. The media library is available via a long press on the toolbar button, theView > Librariesmenu, or the ⇧⌘M keyboard shortcut. (37318979, 39885726)
What the existing answers (so far) neglect to mention is that if you hold Option as you summon the Library window — i.e., press Shift + Option + Command + L, or hold Option while clicking the Library button in the toolbar — the window stays open, permanently, until you explicitly close it with its Close button.
It is not incorporated (docked) into the current project window, but it can be used in any project. The point is that it becomes almost a normal window (to be precise, it becomes a normal floating window).
XCode 11 - Object library location
Click on the plus icon on the top right corner of Xcode topbar.
The library can be opened via a new toolbar button, the View → Libraries menu, or the Shift + Command + L keyboard shortcut.The media library is available via a long press on the toolbar button, the View → Libraries menu, or the Shift + Command + M keyboard shortcut.
Library content has moved from the bottom of the Inspector area to an overlay window, which can be moved and resized like Spotlight search. It dismisses once items are dragged, but holding the Option key before dragging will keep the library open for an additional drag.
In Xcode 11 use Shift + Command + L to show the Object Library.
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