Drag the canvas in interface builder

Question

Is there any way to drag the canvas in interface builder, like the hand tool in Adobe Reader?

Answer 1

I think two-finger scrolling on a trackpad is the best of the suggestions here. If you're not using a trackpad, 'Zoom to Fit' may work for you. In addition to zooming, it also centres the storyboard in the window, which, nine times out of ten, is what I really want to do when I'm wishing I had a hand tool.

There's no default shortcut for it, so short of defining your own, just right- or control-click on the canvas and select 'Zoom to Fit' from the contextual menu. Alternatively, click a scene or view in the document outline to centre on that view. If the view can't fit within the visible workspace, it will automatically be scaled down to fit.

Answer 2

There is no hand tool like in Adobe Reader. You can use two-finger scrolling if you have a trackpad. You can use your mouse wheel to scroll vertically if you have a mouse wheel. Otherwise, you just have to use the scroll bars.

Answer 3

I use keyboard shortcuts to zoom the canvas to 50% or 25% first, then use the cmd-arrow keys. That way, every arrow key has a larger effect.

Zooming to 25% makes the canvas items really small, so you can cover a lot of ground with a few cmd-arrow keystrokes.

Answer 4

You can scroll using keyboard:

⌘ → Scroll right

⌘ ← Scroll left

⌘ ↓ Scroll down

⌘ ↑ Scroll up

it is very painful, but what can I say, Nice Job Apple! :(