Swift Cursor Rules

Swift-Specific Rules

Cursor rules in Swift provide intelligent navigation and manipulation capabilities designed specifically for Swift and iOS/macOS development. These rules enhance your productivity when working with Swift's modern features, SwiftUI, and the Combine framework.

Code Navigation

• Navigate between class, struct, and protocol declarations
• Jump through property wrappers and property observers
• Quick access to SwiftUI view modifiers
• Smart navigation through closure expressions

Smart Selection

• Select optional chaining and nil-coalescing operators
• Expand selection to include property wrappers
• Smart type inference and protocol conformance selection
• SwiftUI view hierarchy selection

Code Manipulation

• Quick property wrapper insertion
• Automated optional handling
• SwiftUI modifier management
• Protocol conformance assistance

Best Practices

• Use type-safe navigation patterns
• Leverage Swift's strong type system
• Utilize SwiftUI-aware cursor movements

Examples

// Navigate between type declarations
protocol ViewModelProtocol {
    associatedtype Model
    var model: Model { get set }
}

@MainActor
class ContentViewModel: ViewModelProtocol {
    @Published var model: String
    
    init(model: String = "") {
        self.model = model
    }
}

// Smart selection of SwiftUI views
struct ContentView: View {
    @StateObject private var viewModel = ContentViewModel()
    
    var body: some View {
        NavigationStack {
            List {
                ForEach(items) { item in
                    Text(item.title)
                        .font(.headline)
                        .foregroundColor(.primary)
                }
            }
            .navigationTitle("Items")
        }
    }
}

Configuration

Customize Swift-specific cursor rules in your settings:

{
  "swift.cursorRules": {
    "typeNavigation": true,
    "swiftUIAware": true,
    "propertyWrapperHandling": true
  }
}