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I am using a UITableView and the cells I am using in this view should do nothing when I click them. I can't turn off UserInteraction though because then I am not able to click on the accessory (detailDisclosureButton). So how can I make them stop turning blue and still allow them to click on the accessory?

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    possible duplicate of How can I disable the UITableView selection highlighting? Commented Jun 2, 2011 at 14:43
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    On the plus side, that question has the answer you need :) Commented Jun 2, 2011 at 14:43
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    Also, don't forget that that answer below doesn't prevent tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: from firing. Just because you won't SEE the selection doesn't mean it won't HAPPEN. I say this just to remind you to handle for that in the method I mentioned above. Commented Sep 1, 2011 at 12:22

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By default, the selectionStyle property of cell is UITableViewCellSelectionStyleBlue. Change it to UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone.

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Thank you very much pratikshabhisikar. I appreciate your quick and correct answer.
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When you're generating the UITableViewCell (within the UITableView's - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath method call), simply set the selectionStyle property to UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone.

Set the UITableViewCell Class Reference for more information.

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Use the UITabelViewCell selectionStyle property.

myCell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
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 tableView.allowsSelection = NO;
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I like your answer and your user name.
The OP specifically said that he needs to allow selection so the cell accessory can be tapped.
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You can do this by adding the selection style to none or gray. By default it is blue.

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone; cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleGray;

You need to write this code in the method "- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath".

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If you want use to select cell add below code in method viewDidLoad

self.tableView.separatorStyle = UITableViewCellSeparatorStyleNone;

moreover you can disable selection overall for your whole table by adding:

self.tableView.allowsSelection = NO;

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It can easily done by StoryBoard without writing one line of code. In your UITableViewCell's XIB in Attribute Inspector set value of Selection to Gray or None to stop a cell turning blue on selection and it still be selectable.

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Programtically Default UITableViewCell is UITableViewCellSelectionStyleBlue Change it UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone.

myCell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;

By using StoryBoard

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