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https://github.com/chiahsien/AutoHighlightSymbol

A Xcode plugin to add highlight to the instances of selected symbol.
https://github.com/chiahsien/AutoHighlightSymbol

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A Xcode plugin to add highlight to the instances of selected symbol.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/chiahsien/AutoHighlightSymbol
Owner: chiahsien
License: mit
Created: 2015-10-15T03:34:36.000Z (over 9 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2016-10-22T23:45:16.000Z (over 8 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-08-03T14:08:08.891Z (7 months ago)
Language: Objective-C
Homepage:
Size: 1020 KB
Stars: 84
Watchers: 4
Forks: 13
Open Issues: 1
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

        Auto Highlight Symbol

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**About Xcode 8**

Xcode 8 does't support plugins anymore, but there is a [workaround](https://github.com/chiahsien/AutoHighlightSymbol/issues/6), use at your own risk.

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Xcode can highlight instances of selected symbol, but what it does is to add dash lines under the instances, which is hard to be noticed.

AutoHighlightSymbol is a plugin for Xcode, it adds background highlight color to those instances. It's super useful while you're tracing codes, especially when you want to figure out where a specific variable is used in a certain method.

You're welcome to improve it and send me pull requests.

Screenshots

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![](./screenshot.png)

Installation

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- Use [Alcatraz](http://alcatraz.io/) to install and manage plugins, or

- Download the sources, build the project and restart Xcode.

 

- If you encounter any issues you can uninstall it by removing the ~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/AutoHighlightSymbol.xcplugin folder.

Usage

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- You need to enable *Highlight instances of selected symbol* option first from *Xcode preferences -> Text Editing*.

- If it doesn't appear in your Xcode menu, read this [wiki document](https://github.com/chiahsien/AutoHighlightSymbol/wiki/Which-version-of-Xcode-does-it-support%3F) for more information.

- After installation, you need to enable it from Xcode **[Editor] -> [Auto Highlight Symbol]** menu.

Todo

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- [x] Integrate into [Alcatraz](http://alcatraz.io/)

- [x] Better highlight detection mechanism

- [x] Better highlight rendering mechanism

Alternative

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If you need more functionalities, you should give [HighlightSelectedString](https://github.com/keepyounger/HighlightSelectedString) a try.

License

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AutoHighlightSymbol is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.

Contact

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Any suggestions or improvements are more than welcome. Feel free to contact me at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or [@NelsonT](https://twitter.com/NelsonT).

Thanks

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AutoHighlightSymbol cannot be done without these great plugins.

- [SCXcodeMiniMap](https://github.com/stefanceriu/SCXcodeMiniMap)

- [HighlightSelectedString](https://github.com/keepyounger/HighlightSelectedString)

- [XcodeBoost](https://github.com/fortinmike/XcodeBoost)

- [FuzzyAutocompletePlugin](https://github.com/FuzzyAutocomplete/FuzzyAutocompletePlugin)

And these great articles.

- [How To Create an Xcode Plugin](http://www.raywenderlich.com/94020/creating-an-xcode-plugin-part-1)

- [Xcode 4 插件制作入门](http://www.onevcat.com/2013/02/xcode-plugin/)