disable the uitableview highlighting but allow the selection of individual cells

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when you tap on a cell the row gets selected and highlighted.Now what i want to do is disable the highlighting but allow the selection.Is there a way around it.There is question that answers this but it disables both the selection and highlighting.

`cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;` add this in your `cellForRowAtIndexPath` method — Shruti, May 14 '15 at 09:18

score 187 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 27 '17 at 13:16

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You can just set the cell's selection style to "None" from Storyboard:

See here

Or from code:

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;

For Swift 3:

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.none

For Swift 4 & above:

cell.selectionStyle = .none

edited Dec 27 '17 at 13:16

Antoine Rucquoy

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answered May 14 '15 at 09:16

József Vesza

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When I select to "none" I lose ability to work of of highlighted state. Can I make the background none/white without loosing that state? – Sean Jul 02 '17 at 16:35
In which function would this go? I'm guessing "cellForRowAt"? – Jun 25 '18 at 03:34
You should do it in the cell not the tableview – Salem Binmusaed Sep 12 '18 at 10:04

score 27 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 07 '17 at 19:20

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Change UITableViewCell's selectedBackgroundView color to transparent.

    let clearView = UIView()
    clearView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor() // Whatever color you like
    UITableViewCell.appearance().selectedBackgroundView = clearView

or to set for a specific cell:

cell.backgroundView = clearView

edited Jul 07 '17 at 19:20

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answered May 14 '15 at 09:25

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This is the best options, since `cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone` sometimes breaks something deeply inside Apples animation logic. – orkenstein Nov 27 '16 at 22:17
then use instead ..`UITableViewCell.appearance().selectionStyle = .None` – vaibhav Jan 18 '17 at 11:24
This is nice to use if you have selectable things within the cell. – Matthew Korporaal Jul 18 '17 at 18:01
Excellent solution. Putting this code in the cell's `awakeFromNib()` function works a treat – Sep 11 '19 at 17:35
This option makes table view cell separator line not seen. – jonye._.jin Aug 04 '20 at 10:34

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered May 14 '15 at 09:16

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Try setting cell selection style to None -

[cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone];

This will solve your problem

answered May 14 '15 at 09:16

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score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 19 '17 at 16:09

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For Swift 3.0:

cell.selectionStyle = .none

answered Jul 19 '17 at 16:09

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score 6 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 09 '16 at 12:42

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For Swift:

UITableViewCell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.None;

Or when you subclass a cell in swift:

class CustomCell : UITableViewCell {

    required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)!
        selectionStyle = .None
    }

}

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answered Jul 20 '16 at 13:40

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score 6 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 16 '17 at 07:46

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in swift 3

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
        tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
}

answered Oct 16 '17 at 07:46

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Prateekro · Answer 7 · 2018-02-05T12:46:56.690

To add a custom color use the below code. And to make it transparent use alpha: 0.0

cell.selectedBackgroundView = UIView(frame: CGRect.zero)
cell.selectedBackgroundView?.backgroundColor = UIColor(red:0.27, green:0.71, blue:0.73, alpha:1.0)

If you use custom color and want to give it rounded corner look use:

cell.layer.cornerRadius = 8

Also, use this for better animation and feel

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {

    tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
}

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 17 '16 at 10:09

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For those looking for a programmatic way in Swift 3

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.none

answered Oct 17 '16 at 10:09

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score 1 · Answer 9 · edited Apr 21 '18 at 23:13

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You can set the selection property of the cell itself in the storyboard

edited Apr 21 '18 at 23:13

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ramzesenok · Answer 10 · 2019-05-05T09:18:16.893

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For Swift 5 the best way is:

cell.selectionStyle = .none

edited May 05 '19 at 09:18

answered Sep 29 '16 at 10:17

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 14 '17 at 06:50

For Objc:

[cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone];

- (void)viewDidLoad {
  [super viewDidLoad];
  _tableView.allowsSelection = YES;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    .. .. .. .. 
   [cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone];
   . . . . .. 
}

DukeX · Answer 12 · 2017-10-25T09:55:14.133

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Here is the solution for swift 3,works even in editing mode

cell.selectionStyle = .gray
cell.selectedBackgroundView = {

    let colorView = UIView()
    colorView.backgroundColor = UIColor.black.withAlphaComponent(0.0)
    //change the alpha value or color to match with you UI/UX

    return colorView
}()

edited Oct 25 '17 at 09:55

answered Oct 25 '17 at 09:48

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disable the uitableview highlighting but allow the selection of individual cells

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