Value column missing for Info.plist

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christopherking OP

Created Mar ’25

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Here's what my Info.plist looks like:

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The problem here is that there is no value column. No where for me to edit the values. It's driving me insane. I can edit in a vanilla text editor, but it's annoying to use the auto complete feature here and then open a text editor to change the value.

Anyone know why this could be happening? Am I just missing a setting toggle somewhere?

Answered by DTS Engineer in 831487022

Can you run the following commands in Terminal and let me know the result? Make sure Xcode is not running when you do this.

defaults delete com.apple.dt.Xcode "NSTableView Columns v3 PlistColumns"
defaults delete com.apple.dt.Xcode "NSTableView Sort Ordering v2 PlistColumns"
defaults delete com.apple.dt.Xcode "NSTableView Supports v2 PlistColumns"

— Ed Ford,  DTS Engineer

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Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Mar ’25

Can you try moving your mouse over the header row to the right end, and seeing if you get the mouse resizing icon? The columns are resizable widths if you get the mouse over the edge of the first column that you currently see.

— Ed Ford,  DTS Engineer

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Answer 2

christopherking OP

Mar ’25

@DTS Engineer No, no mouse resizing icon unfortunately. Tried both hovering over trailing edge at header portion of view and in the body where the values are; also slowly moved past them both to see if there was somewhere invisible that might trigger the resizing icon — nothing.

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Answer 3

ssmith_c OP

Mar ’25

open the Info.plist in its editor, by selecting Info.plist in the Navigator on the left. You'll find that the width of the Key field has been made very wide, and this is tied to the width of the Key field in the Info panel.

If you can't see the column width handles in the Info.plist editor, you can scroll the whole display to the left to bring them into view. The Target's Info tab editor can't do that.

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Answer 4

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Mar ’25

Accepted Answer

Can you run the following commands in Terminal and let me know the result? Make sure Xcode is not running when you do this.

defaults delete com.apple.dt.Xcode "NSTableView Columns v3 PlistColumns"
defaults delete com.apple.dt.Xcode "NSTableView Sort Ordering v2 PlistColumns"
defaults delete com.apple.dt.Xcode "NSTableView Supports v2 PlistColumns"

— Ed Ford,  DTS Engineer

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