How to make a cell on a UITableView not selectable?

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I have a cell that I am inserting to the top of a UITableView. How can I make sure that when the user clicks on the cell, it doesn't show the blue selected indicator?

CDM · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-29 11:34:18Z

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To remove the ability of selecting any table cells, or particular table cells based on the row index, use willSelectRowAt

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> IndexPath? { return nil }

To simply remove the UI effect of selecting the element, set the selection style of the UITableViewCell to UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone

Swift 5:

selectionStyle = .none

edited Oct 29, 2020 at 11:34

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j b Over a year ago

This doesn't make the cell non-selectable it just means the visual appearance of the cell doesn't change when it is selected. tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: still gets called when the cell is tapped. To actually prevent selection you need to implement tableView:willSelectRowAtIndexPath: on your UITableViewDelegate and return nil for non-selectable rows.

Johannes Knust Over a year ago

Swift 3 - cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.none

spencer.sm Over a year ago

Or simply: cell.selectionStyle = .none

malhal · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-15 17:25:39Z

To make a cell completely non-selectable on a per-cell basis two things are required:

1- As others said:

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;

2- Implement this delegate method as follows:

// Called before the user changes the selection. Return a new indexPath, or nil, to change the proposed selection. - (NSIndexPath *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{ UITableViewCell* cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath]; if(cell.selectionStyle == UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone){ return nil; } return indexPath; }

Eduardo Irias · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-23 18:37:23Z

From the Storyboard set the following for the Table View:

Selection: No Selection

Show Selection On Touch: False

DD_ · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-14 09:23:23Z

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you can do

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;

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Oleg Popov Over a year ago

One dot is missing. Here is the fixed version: cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.None

user8043247 · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-13 05:21:16Z

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for Swift 3 you can use

 cell.isUserInteractionEnabled = false

answered Sep 13, 2017 at 5:21

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user8043247 Over a year ago

just past that code into cellForRowAt indexPath method of table view , its simple

user8043247 Over a year ago

this method is useful when u want to user interaction disable on table view otherwise you can use method share by Mr Ben Below

leanne Over a year ago

Works in Swift 4 also.

Yongxiang Ruan Over a year ago

It is working fine for me. Should be the correct answer. Another way is that in tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath delegate method, detect cell index and just do nothing and return.

Maxwell Over a year ago

My favorite part about this answer is that you can declare it INSIDE the cell. If you have a cell (like an empty state cell) that you never want to respond to taps, this is a good way to go.

Dustin Williams · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-09 15:26:52Z

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Swift Syntax:

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.None

edited Sep 9, 2015 at 15:26

answered Mar 18, 2015 at 21:16

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mythicalcoder · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-11 06:34:48Z

I am answering from point of view of disabling TableViewCell. You can use the storyboard.

XCode Version 8.2.1 (8C1002)

Select the TableVewCell on storyboard and following will be visible on the right side panel - Utilities.

Make the Selection: None

That's all!

Allister Smith · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-30 14:27:34Z

The question was how to make certain cells selectable and others not. This was my solution, (after trying lots of other suggestions):

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> IndexPath? { if (indexPath.row == 1 || indexPath.row == 2) { return indexPath } return nil }

Mitch Dalton · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-24 17:39:04Z

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myTable.allowsSelection = false

answered Apr 24, 2016 at 17:39

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Ben · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-04 22:58:49Z

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Update in Swift 3:

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyle.none

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David Villegas · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-22 02:42:32Z

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For Swift 3:

cell.selectionStyle = .none

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Siyavash Over a year ago

As suggested Above "This doesn't make the cell non-selectable it just means the visual appearance of the cell doesn't change when it is selected. tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: still gets called when the cell is tapped. To actually prevent selection you need to implement tableView:willSelectRowAtIndexPath: on your UITableViewDelegate and return nil for non-selectable rows. –"

David Villegas Over a year ago

@Siyavash as indicated in the original question, this person only wants to hide "the blue selected indicator". That is not the same as wanting to make it completely non-selectable. Simply put the person asking the question is only trying to hide visual indication of a selection.

Axel Guilmin · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-30 10:12:39Z

Implement this method of UITableViewDelegate

- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView shouldHighlightRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath { return NO; }

Enamul Haque · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-03 06:13:03Z

Swift 5

 func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell { let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell") as! UITableViewCell; cell.selectionStyle = .none }

HanKBeatz · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-15 05:31:44Z

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Swift 5

you may wanna try this too

tableView.allowsSelection = false

answered Jan 15, 2020 at 5:31

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nothing-to-add · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-15 22:58:22Z

To remove the ability of selecting any table cells, use willSelectRowAt

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> IndexPath? { return nil }

or by definition during table initialization (if you are not in table editing mode):

tableView.allowsSelection = false

if you need to restrict any table cells selection during table editing:

tableView.allowsSelectionDuringEditing = false

To remove the ability of selecting the top cell use the same function but with statement:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> IndexPath? { if indexPath.row == 0 { return nil } return indexPath }

To simply remove the UI effect of selecting the element, set the selection style of the UITableViewCell to UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone

Swift 5:

selectionStyle = .none

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