Trackpad gesture to switch to header/source

Question

I used to be able to use three finger scroll-up to switch between source/header. Since upgrading to Lion, I it just does a regular scroll. Is there any way to get that fea

Answer 1

This stopped working for me in MacOS Big Sur and the plist changes recommended here didn't fix it for me.

What finally fixed it for me was to go to

System Preferences > Trackpad > More Gestures

and change the setting for "Swipe between pages" to "Swipe with two or three fingers". I suspect setting it to "Swipe with three fingers" would also work.

Answer 2

This is the correct and best answer. It works. It is posted by "@Buyin" above. Another individual commented that it doesn't work. He is wrong. It works, I've confirmed it. It restores the three finger vertical swipe to switch between interface and implementation files (.h and .m) in xCode in Lion.

From your terminal:

Change to appropriate directory (note, if your Library dir is hidden, in the terminal just type the following: chflags nohidden ~/Library )

1. cd /Users/YOURUSERNAME/Library/Preferences/ByHost

List files so you can see the .GlobalPreferences.XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX.plist

2. ls -lah

Open that plist file in xcode

3. open -a /Applications/Xcode.app ".GlobalPreferences.XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX.plist"

Set value to 1 for the key "com.apple.trackpad.threeFingerVertSwipeGesture"

Save the plist file

Log out and back into machine

VOILA!

Answer 3

This worked for me in Mountain Lion, XCode 4.6: a busy cat http://monosnap.com/image/iakMgffAeOtp9G04qLdsnb3v5

Answer 4

I think the reason Apple removed the h/m 3-finger swipe is because they expect you to use the "Assistant" editor, which displays the h and m files together, side by side. This works, sort of, on a wide screen, although it is an inefficient use of space. But when you're on the road with a MacBookAir, it's a major handicap. Xcode4 feels like a straitjacket.