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Xcode 12 – Project Navigator width is stuck/locked, can't resize

Every so often the project navigator/left panel is stuck at a fixed width. This is very annoying when I have extensions in separate files named MainViewController+<Extension name>, because the <Extension name> is truncated.

Can't resize project navigator

PhotoSlide… what???

Pressing the "Hide or show the Navigator" button doesn’t do anything either.

Press expand button in top left

Quitting Xcode and restarting works. But this takes time, and I lose my place. Is there any other way to fix the stuck width problem?

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    Please follow these steps if you don't want to reopen the Xcode everytime:

    1. Right-click (or control-click) on any file
    2. Select Open in New Window
    3. And ta-da! You can now resize the project navigator freely!

    Performing the above steps


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    This also annoyed me….finally I clicked around and found the show/hide navigator icon on the very top left next to the os icons and clicked it…after that it could resize.

    it is to the left of the play button fyi.

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    I have had success by re-sizing the entire Xcode window – make it smaller then larger and the navigator becomes resizable again.

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    Sad to say it, but restarting Xcode worked for me..

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    Here is another workaround. When the navigator gets stuck or locked, click on the "Debug" navigator (or View > Navigators > Debug menu item). Voilà, you now should have the ability to resize.

    NOTE: You may have to do this a couple times by selecting another navigator or two and then re-selecting the debug navigator.

    UPDATE: This doesn’t work reliably. @Senseful has the best solution so far.

    enter image description here

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    Instead of opening a new window, just use a tab:

    1. Open a new tab (⌘+T)
    2. Close the old one
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