So I'm working my way through the BNR book on Swift coding, so for instance I type in a playground print("Fire blasters!"). After I type the first (" it auto populates the terminating corresponding ") but they are to the right of my cursor, and I have yet to find a means to get to the end of line so I can hit return without using the right arrow key two times, surely there is a shortcut to get to the end of the line my cursor is on.
Thanks in advance
Control - E will move to the end of line, as will Option - Right Arrow.
OMG bless you my child, Thank you very much.
Hmm that was my first post on these forums is there no means of marking this post as answered?
Jon_Shier's answered your direct question, but you might also find it useful to know that Xcode supports “type-over” for the characters ", ), }, and ]. If the cursor is immediately before a " and you type ", Xcode advances the cursor past the " rather than inserting another ". Similarly for ), }, and ].
So you can just type all the characters in print("Fire blasters!"), including the closing "), and Xcode will not insert an extra ").
This behavior is controlled by the “Enable type-over completions” checkbox in Xcode > Preferences > Text Editing > Editing.
Ah that is very useful information as well Thank you.
Also, Xcode allows you to edit key bindings for a wide-ranging set of behaviors, including moving to the end or beginning of the line. So, for example, you can set the End key to move to end-of-line If you consider this the civilized thing for the End key to do. These options are available at Xcode > Preferences > Key Bindings. (Note you will also have to remove the existing binding of End for it to work.)
That's what I was looking for Thank you.