How to reorder the order of ViewControllers in a storyboard tree in Xcode 6?

Question

I assume this is a very simple question, but I can’t figure out how to manage the order or UIViewControllersin Document Outline(list ViewControllers)?

Answer 1

The order is determined by the order of the scenes in XML (right click → open as .. → source code) under the node scenes.

Note that on this XML, the “Splash” scene starts first, followed by two navigation controllers, and this is what is shown on a regular storyboard.

<scenes>
        <!--Splash-->
        <scene sceneID="tne-QT-ifu">
            <objects>
                <!-- other data -->
            </objects>
            <point key="canvasLocation" x="-876" y="-1364"/>
        </scene>
        <!--Navigation Controller-->
        <scene sceneID="ane-QT-ifu">
            <objects>
                <!-- other data -->
            </objects>
            <point key="canvasLocation" x="-876" y="-1364"/>
        </scene>

        <!--Navigation Controller-->
        <scene sceneID="bne-QT-ifu">
            <objects>
                <!-- other data -->
            </objects>
            <point key="canvasLocation" x="-876" y="-1364"/>
        </scene>
</scenes>

Here, however, I moved the node scene for a splash under the navigation controllers, and it updated the storyboard view accordingly.

<scenes>
        <!--Navigation Controller-->
        <scene sceneID="ane-QT-ifu">
            <objects>
                <!-- other data -->
            </objects>
            <point key="canvasLocation" x="-876" y="-1364"/>
        </scene>

        <!--Navigation Controller-->
        <scene sceneID="bne-QT-ifu">
            <objects>
                <!-- other data -->
            </objects>
            <point key="canvasLocation" x="-876" y="-1364"/>
        </scene>
        <!--Splash-->
        <scene sceneID="tne-QT-ifu">
            <objects>
                <!-- other data -->
            </objects>
            <point key="canvasLocation" x="-876" y="-1364"/>
        </scene>
</scenes>