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Listed below are the various keyboard shortcuts in Xcode 7. Symbols corresponding to Mac keyboard used are command (⌘), shift (⇧), control (⌃), option/alt (⌥)

Build, Run, Test

Build ⌘ + B
**Clean **⌘ +
⇧ + KRun Tests ⌘ + U
Run ⌘ + R

Debug

Step Over F6
**Step Into **F7
Step Out F8
**Toggle BreakPoint **⌘ + \
**Enable or disable BreakPoints **⌘ + Y
Continue ⌃ + ⌘ + Y

Show/Hide ⌘ + 0
**
Project Navigator **⌘
+ 1Symbol Navigator ⌘ + 2
Find Navigator ⌘ + 3Issue Navigator ⌘ + 4Test Navigator ⌘ + 5Debug Navigator ⌘ + 6Breakpoint Navigator ⌘ + 7Report Navigator ⌘ + 8

Utility Pane

Show/Hide ⌘ + ⌥ + 0

File Inspector ⌘ + ⌥ + 1
Quick Help Inspector ⌘ + ⌥ + 2
Identity Inspector ⌘ + ⌥ + 3
Attributes Inspector ⌘ + ⌥ + 4
Size Inspector ⌘ + ⌥ + 5
Connection Inspector ⌘ + ⌥ + 6
**
File Template Library **⌃
+ ⌘ + ⌥ + 1
Code Snippet Library ⌃ + ⌘ + ⌥ + 2
**Object Library **⌃
+ ⌘ + ⌥ + 3
**Media Library **⌃
+ ⌘ + ⌥ + 4

Find and Replace

Find in Project ⌘ + ⇧ + F
**Find / Replace in Project **⌥ +
⌘ + ⇧ + F
**
Find **⌘
+ F
**Find / Replace **⌥ +
⌘ + FFInd Next ⌘ + G
**Find Previous **⌘ +
⇧ + G

Editor

Quickly open file ⌘ + ⇧ + O
**Open definition **⌃ +
⌘ + J
**Comment / Uncomment **⌘ + /
**Assitant Editor **⌘ + ⌥ + ⏎

Hide Assitant Editor ⌘ + ⏎
**Related Items menu **⌃ + 1
**Indent Selection to Right **⌘ + ]

Indent Selection to Left ⌘ + [
Re Indent ⌃ + I
**Reveals Current file in Navigator **⌘ + ⇧ + J
**Move focus to editor **⌘ + J

Interface Builder

Selected View Move Up ↑
Selected View Move Down ↓
**
Update frame **⌥ +
⌘ + =
**Update Constraint **⇧ +
⌘ + =
**Open all views **⇧ +
⌃ + Click

Documentation

Documentation Popup ⌥ + Click

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