XCode 5: Is there any way to group/filter/sort what shows up in code-completion?

Question

For a very simple object like this:

@interface MyObject : NSObject
@property(strong) NSObject* thingAboutMyObject;
- (void) aThingToDo;
- (void) moreToDo;
- (void) yetAnotherAction;
@end

Someone working with MyObject gets code completion which includes all of the methods and properties from NSObject. It makes sense why this happens, but for a majority of cases, the methods I care most about are in the class itself. I'd like to know if there is a way, when creating a class, to hint to the xcode IDE that you want to 'highlight' the actual interface when working with objects of the class.

I've seen a few classes which seem to 'handle' this by duplicating the class name in the method definitions, so that they sort together in the completion list, like:

- (void) myobjectAThingToDo;
- (void) myobjectMoreToDo;
- (void) myobjectYetAnotherAction;

But that doesn't seem like a particularly elegant solution ([myObject myobjectAThingToDo]) AND it breaks down horribly in situations where polymorphism is involved.

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Here's an example of what an 'ideal' solution would be. I might actually make a formal feature request of it, if someone doesn't provide a suitable alternative. But for now, it should at least clarify what I'm asking for.

It would be great if there was a way to hint to code completion that my completion list should be grouped by class, like:

MyObject

• [M] aThingToDo
• [M] moreToDo
• [M] thingAboutMyClass
• [M] yetAnotherAction

NSObject

• [M] accessibilityActivate
• [M] accessibilityActivation
• ...

Presumably, a deeper object hierarchy could just list parent classes in the same style, ordering by inheritance 'proximity.' A list like this could easily still filter as you type and eliminate class groupings which have no matches.

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Can anyone suggest solutions to help with this? I doubt there's anything that does EXACTLY what I want, but if there are good ways to bring a classes own interface to the forefront, or at least get NSObject out of the way, I'd love to hear it.

Answer 1

I don't think there is, but you should check out this answer for a cool way to show more info during autocompletion, at least.