iOS small lettered blocks seen in Xcode

[touchUpInside]

Throughout Xcode, there are lettered blocks (icons seen below). Is there an official term to refer to them as ? Is there a list of what the different letters mean ? Beyond 'Class', 'Method', and 'Property', I just have to guess on others.

Cheers !


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[ArtOfWarfare]

Icons?

If you open up the Xcode.app bundle (right click on it on finder and show contents), I'm pretty sure the icon files are all in there, with actual names so you can know exactly what they stand for.

 

[touchUpInside]

Thanks, ArtOW. That lead me to finding the following from stackoverflow (circa 2011) . . .

In Xcode this is called "Code Sense". And these icons also exist in Xcode 3.

Red: macros

• # = macro (think #define)

Brown: Core Data / namespace

• C = modeled class
• M = modeled method
• P = modeled property
  
  
• N = C++ namespace

Orange: aliased types

• C̲ = Objective-C category
• E = enum
• T = typedef

Green: variables

• B = binding
• ƒ = function
• F = field
• K = constant
• L = local variable
• O = IBOutlet
• V = variable (can be ivar, global var, local var, etc.)
• x = parameter (think f(x))

Blue: methods

• A = IBAction
• M = method
• P = property

Purple: aggregate types

• C = class (Objective-C or C++)
• ₠ = class extension
• Pr = Objective-C protocol
• S = struct
• U = union

You should be able to look up the meanings from the filenames from /Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DVTFoundation.framework/Resources/Xcode.SourceCodeSymbolKind.*.Icon.tiff. Note that, not all icons are used in Code Sense, as these are shared by all Xcode components.