swift - Why can't I edit the button shape?

Question

Hello I am a very new and inexperienced developer and I am trying to border around a button. I'm using the Storyboard and when I used ViewController.swift, I can't make the button a weak var. It is only allowing me to edit the actions. Please help, thank you!

When I usually do this it allows me to choose if I insert "Action, Outlet or Outlet Collection."

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65906867/why-cant-i-edit-the-button-shape

Answer 1

Your screenshot shows "Mates Scene" but your class name is ViewController. It also looks like "Mates Scene" has an embed segue to a ViewController, so it looks like you might be trying to add an IBOutlet to a child view controller from one of the parent view controller's views (the "Home Button").

If so, you can't do that. You may have meant to add "Home Button" to the class of your "Mates" view controller instead.