Multiple-line cursor movements in XCode 4

Question

The same question has been asked for Xcode 3 But the solution there is said to not work with Xcode4. And no new solution is available there.

How to get a key-binding to move the curser up/down about 10 lines in Xcode 4 ?

If anybody knows for sure that there is no way then it would be great to have this as answer to be able to close this. — phlebotinum, Feb 19 '12 at 15:04
Robo, given that today is your question's anniversary, I'd like to point out that I know (for sure) that there _is_ a way. See the answer below. ;) — Blaz, Feb 10 '13 at 20:11

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

Eureka! Inspired by the answer on line duplication, this is how you empower Xcode 4 with multiple-line movement:

Go to the folder /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Frameworks/IDEKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources
Open IDETextKeyBindingSet.plist.
Add a new dictionary Customized and two new command (say, Move Down 10 and Move Up 10) keys as the screenshot below:
Restart Xcode and go to Preferences - Key Bindings, search for your command.
Set a key combination for both commands:
Free at last from the shackles of the Jump To shortcut. Enjoy it!

Bonus: system-wide multiple-line movement

Unleash the cursor outside Xcode following with these steps:

Go to the folder ~/Library/KeyBindings
Open DefaultKeyBinding.dict.
Enter the following. Customize as appropriate.

{

"^~n" = ("moveUp:", "moveUp:", "moveUp:", "moveUp:", "moveUp:", "moveUp:", "moveUp:", "moveUp:", "moveUp:", "moveUp:");
"^~p" = ("moveDown:", "moveDown:", "moveDown:", "moveDown:", "moveDown:", "moveDown:", "moveDown:", "moveDown:", "moveDown:", "moveDown:");

}
Logout & Login

All of the above works on 10.8.2 with Xcode 4.5.1.

Be careful doing this one. Somehow I managed to mess up my plist doing it this way, which caused xcode to crash on launching. I fixed it and now it works great, but if I didn't know how to go into emacs and mess with the XML I would have been in trouble. (Though I suppose if I wasn't used to emacs I wouldn't be here, now would I?) — Garrett Disco, Dec 08 '14 at 20:01
To keep scroll position: moveUp:, moveUp:, moveUp:, moveUp:, moveUp:, moveUp:, moveUp:, moveUp:, moveUp:, moveUp:, scrollLineUp:, scrollLineUp:, scrollLineUp:, scrollLineUp:, scrollLineUp:, scrollLineUp:, scrollLineUp:, scrollLineUp:, scrollLineUp:, scrollLineUp: — Ghar, Jan 24 '15 at 04:08

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '12 at 14:03

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Looks like it is impossible. Answering myself to be able to close.

answered Feb 23 '12 at 14:03

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

Complementing courteous answer, I added two more commands:

Move Up 10 Extending Selection, with the value moveUpAndModifySelection:, moveUpAndModifySelection:, moveUpAndModifySelection:, moveUpAndModifySelection:, moveUpAndModifySelection:, moveUpAndModifySelection:, moveUpAndModifySelection:, moveUpAndModifySelection:, moveUpAndModifySelection:, moveUpAndModifySelection:

and Move Down 10 Extending Selection, with the value moveDownAndModifySelection:, moveDownAndModifySelection:, moveDownAndModifySelection:, moveDownAndModifySelection:, moveDownAndModifySelection:, moveDownAndModifySelection:, moveDownAndModifySelection:, moveDownAndModifySelection:, moveDownAndModifySelection:, moveDownAndModifySelection:

IDETextKeyBindingSet.plist screenshot

then assigned the shortcut in XCode:

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Multiple-line cursor movements in XCode 4

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Bonus: system-wide multiple-line movement

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