Why does my UITableViewCells turn gray when I click on them?

Question

When I click on cells in my table view, they darken to gray and do not turn white until I click on another cell. Is there some kind of boolean type that I have to set so that it doesn't do this?

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Answer 1

This is the default behavior for a UITableView.

You must call deselectRowAtIndexPath inside didSelectRowAtIndexPath inside your UITableViewController class.

 func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) { tableView.deselectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: true) } 

See the iOS documentation for more information.

UITableView
UITableViewDelegate

Answer 2

Swift 3

Option 1: (which I always use)

To cancel the animation after grayscale, you can do this:

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

Option 2:

To completely remove the highlight effect, you can add this line to your cellForRowAt :

 func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell { let cell = ..... cell.selectionStyle = .none return cell } 

Answer 3

You can do this in several ways ...

• tableView.allowsSelection = false

• You can set tableView in xCode Storyboard so that there is no choice under the fourth tab.

• Or you can do it in cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.None

What you want will ultimately be related to what kind of behavior you will continue. Just experiment a bit.

Answer 4

Swift 3

In the custom cell, add the following:

  override func awakeFromNib() { super.awakeFromNib() selectionStyle = .none } 

This ensures that you do not see the gray color when the cell is pressed. This code in UITableViewDelegate is canceled only when clicked.

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

Answer 5

You can change the style:

  [cell setSelectionStyle:UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray]; 

Answer 6

Swift 4.1

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