How do I change the color of the storyboard to see white text?

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I'm building an iphone application with a dark background and some white text. When editing my storyboard the white elements are lost into the background. Is there a way Purely for Editing to use a dark background in the storyboard file?

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Why don't you set the view controller background color in Interface Builder? - JAL
This won't appear in the Storyboard UI... - bk138

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Absolutely! I'm glad you asked this, because it forced me to look into it, and configure IB a little better.

In Interface Builder, go to the Editor Menu - Canvas - select Show Layout Rectangles. If that's not enough, you could add a view, without connecting it to an outlet, and set these properties in IB:

  • backgroundColor: black
  • hidden - true
  • Set it behind smaller views (towards the top), so that you don't have a hassle with view selections

Also, don't add any subviews to it.

Hope this helps!