UiTextView in Custom UiTableViewCell does not responds to didSelectRowAtIndexPath

Question

I have a UITextView on a custom UITableViewCell and when I click on the UITextView, it does not trigger the didSelectRowAtIndexPath, how do I change this behavior so that that delegate is called as intended?

Ive tried putting the User enabled property of UITextView to false. When doing so it responds to the didSelect. But then Im not able to select the links that are mentioned in the TextView, which essentially is the main reason why i chose to go ahead with UITextView.

Any help or pointer guys

You can't touch `superView` if `subView` absorve all the touch you have made. And `cell` touch is responsible for triggering `didSelectRowAtIndexPath` not the `textView`. — rptwsthi, May 20 '13 at 07:00
Yup!! you are right mate!! I can notice that whenever i click on cell anywhere outside the boundary of `textView`, `didSelectRowAtIndexPath` is responding. But im sure there must be a way to achieve the desired effect. Somehow passing the touches from `subview` to `superview`?? or is it not? — holierthanthou84, May 20 '13 at 07:06
possible duplicate of [UITextView in custom UITableViewCell not responding to didSelectRowAtIndexPath](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6065404/uitextview-in-custom-uitableviewcell-not-responding-to-didselectrowatindexpath) — rptwsthi, May 20 '13 at 09:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '13 at 07:06

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you can't do both the things at same time.

you can use UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath] in you didselectrowatindexpath method.

you need to give appropriate tag to every text field and by using [cell viewWithTag:<#(NSInteger)#>] you can get the text-field object and link which are mentioned in it .

answered May 20 '13 at 07:06

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Hmmm interesting concept SmartWork!! what if my table view cell itself is custom and UITextView is defined on that? – holierthanthou84 May 20 '13 at 07:17
than it will become more easy for you, you just need to write cell.yourtextfieldname to get text field obj. – freelancer May 20 '13 at 07:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '13 at 08:06

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If your table view is custom, you can fire didSelectRowAtIndexPath event yourself when the user touch the text view.

answered May 20 '13 at 08:06

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '13 at 13:19

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Well I managed to work around by putting a custom UIButton on UITableCellView and firing off the required methods on UIControlEventTouchUpInside. This ate my brains for 2 days!!

answered May 22 '13 at 13:19

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UiTextView in Custom UiTableViewCell does not responds to didSelectRowAtIndexPath

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