Xcode - open current file in a NEW window (a real challenge !)

Question

Say you have File.m showing in the blue area above.

I want File.m to open in a new separate window.

How to do this??

Note that - of course - IF you have the ProjectNavigator showing and IF you can see the filename "File.m", then double-click on the filename and it will open in a new window.

What I want to do is open ANOTHER copy of the "CURRENT" file (the one in the primaryEditor) in a NEW WINDOW - without touching the ProjectNavigator.

Any ideas? Cheers

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Note that ... (an excellent page here)

http://realmacsoftware.com/blog/xcode-4-s-less-obvious-shortcuts

if you click on whatever file is in the current primaryEditor, then shift option apple comma that will indeed open the following "freaky little-known Xcode popup" ...

you can then, indeed, choose to open a new window. (So to be clear, that is exactly what I want to do.)

So, I want to be able to do that in one step. Cheers!

Answer 1

In XCode's Preferences you can change the following:

And then right-click within the primary editor and click "Open in Separate Window"

Edit: Instead of right clicking in the primary editor you can simply type command+option+, (comma)

Answer 2

Open the file what you want to open in the NEW window.

• Command + Shift + t

Open the file what you want to open in the separated window.

• Command + Option + ,