How to deselect a selected UITableView cell?

Question

I am working on a project on which I have to preselect a particular cell.

I can preselect a cell using -willDisplayCell, but I can't deselect it when the user clicks on any other cell.

- (void)tableView:(UITableView*)tableView 
        willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell*)cell
        forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath
{ 
    AppDelegate_iPad *appDelegte = 
      (AppDelegate_iPad *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];

    if ([appDelegte.indexPathDelegate row] == [indexPath row])
    {
        [cell setSelected:YES];    
    } 
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView 
        didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    AppDelegate_iPad *appDelegte = 
      (AppDelegate_iPad *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];

    NSIndexPath *indexpath1 = appDelegte.indexPathDelegate;
    appDelegte.indexPathDelegate = indexPath;
    [materialTable deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexpath1 animated:NO];
}

Can you help?

This question need to have an accepted answer – Titouan de Bailleul Nov 26 '12 at 19:40 — Titouan de Bailleul, Nov 26 '12 at 19:40

score 435 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 14 '16 at 13:04

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use this code

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath 
 {
    //Change the selected background view of the cell.
     [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
 }

Swift 3.0:

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    //Change the selected background view of the cell.
    tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
}

edited Oct 14 '16 at 13:04

Aland Kawa

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answered Oct 19 '10 at 12:04

Saikiran Komirishetty

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There is a didDeselectRowAtIndexPath to use to deselect the previous one. – huggie Apr 23 '14 at 04:42
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I like to think I can't upvote this post because it would cause an integer overflow :) – Milo Jul 06 '14 at 23:30
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hi @ram, you need to select an answer on this question – Fattie Mar 20 '16 at 16:43
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I don't understand... this code is never going to let anything get selected. – C. Tewalt Oct 24 '16 at 18:25
@matrixugly is right. It's more appropriate to do this inside `willSelectRowAt:`. See a more complete answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12693402/uitableview-tap-to-deselect-cell – HuaTham Feb 03 '17 at 05:34

score 119 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 01 '13 at 18:35

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Use the following method in the table view delegate's didSelectRowAtIndexpath (Or from anywhere)

[myTable deselectRowAtIndexPath:[myTable indexPathForSelectedRow] animated:YES];

edited Mar 01 '13 at 18:35

Scott Berrevoets

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answered May 23 '12 at 21:18

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It's worth noting that `indexPathForSelectedRow` is a method and not a property. – FreeAsInBeer Feb 12 '13 at 19:26
Sweet! Didn't know about `[myTable indexPathForSelectedRow]`. I was looping through the cells before. Thanks! – abc123 Apr 26 '13 at 22:40
@FreeAsInBeer Is this distinction important somehow? Property accessors are methods. – devios1 Jul 03 '13 at 23:39
@chaiguy That's fine if you don't mind your colleagues considering you [evil](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2375991/632736). – FreeAsInBeer Jul 04 '13 at 04:03
@FreeAsInBeer But even if it is a method call, all its doing is retrieving one value - not going to affect performance right? Even on the slowest of devices. – Supertecnoboff Jan 05 '16 at 13:53
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@Supertecnoboff There is no difference in performance between the two variations. – FreeAsInBeer Jan 05 '16 at 15:49

Thomas Neuteboom · Answer 3 · 2020-03-09T09:33:06.553

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It might be useful to make an extension in Swift for this.

Swift 4 and Swift 5:

Swift extension (e.g. in a UITableViewExtension.swift file):

import UIKit

extension UITableView {

    func deselectSelectedRow(animated: Bool)
    {
        if let indexPathForSelectedRow = self.indexPathForSelectedRow {
            self.deselectRow(at: indexPathForSelectedRow, animated: animated)
        }
    }

}

Use e.g.:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool)
{
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)

    self.tableView.deselectSelectedRow(animated: true)
}

edited Mar 09 '20 at 09:33

answered Mar 23 '16 at 12:55

Thomas Neuteboom

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In my opinion, this answer is better because putting the desolation in the `viewWillAppear()` method helps the user to understand where he comes back from. – MonsieurDart Mar 13 '17 at 21:43
the perfect one as i needed – Patel Jigar Jun 05 '17 at 06:55

score 40 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 27 '13 at 12:09

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Try this:

for (NSIndexPath *indexPath in tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows) {
    [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO];
}

edited Apr 27 '13 at 12:09

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answered Feb 27 '13 at 18:53

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Good job... I think 'index' on the 2nd line should be indexPath – El Tomato Mar 02 '13 at 12:32
this is not supported on iOS 11 Swift 4 – Boris Nikolic Nov 22 '17 at 15:26

score 28 · Answer 5 · edited May 05 '12 at 13:12

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Please check with the delegate method whether it is correct or not. For example;

-(void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didDeselectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

for

-(void) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

edited May 05 '12 at 13:12

Titouan de Bailleul

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answered Oct 19 '10 at 15:01

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Was calling the wrong method this whole time, arghh!! Thank you! – Damir Kotoric Sep 08 '14 at 12:46
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oh man.... bloody autocompletion!!! It took me several hours to figure it out!!! OMG...I want to kiss you! – George Asda Oct 08 '16 at 14:54

score 26 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 20 '17 at 14:15

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Swift 4:

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

edited Nov 20 '17 at 14:15

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answered Dec 04 '15 at 15:07

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Doesn't need to be declared non-optional but this is correct. – Michael Dec 07 '15 at 18:51

tBug · Answer 7 · 2018-10-25T09:20:54.823

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This is a solution for Swift 4

 in tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath)

just add

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

it works like a charm

example:

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

edited Oct 25 '18 at 09:20

answered Jun 07 '18 at 11:27

tBug

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until you add selection on editing in your tableview, it will be impossible to select any cell because it will deselect it when you done selecting it :) – Mehdi Chennoufi Aug 27 '18 at 16:47
This is certainly the correct approach, when you're not editing, when you're "tapping a row to do something" – Fattie Jul 25 '19 at 19:06

score 11 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 06 '14 at 16:41

In addition to setting the cell as selected, you also need to inform the tableView that the cell is selected. Add a call to -tableView:selectRowAtIndexPath:animated:scrollPosition: to your willDisplayCell: method: and you will be able to deselect it as normal.

- (void)tableView:(UITableView*)tableView 
  willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell*)cell
forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath
{ 
    AppDelegate_iPad *appDelegte = (AppDelegate_iPad *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];

    if ([appDelegte.indexPathDelegate row] == [indexPath row])
    {
        // SELECT CELL
        [cell setSelected:YES]; 
        // TELL TABLEVIEW THAT ROW IS SELECTED
        [tableView selectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:NO scrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionNone];   
    } 
}

Be sure to use UITableViewScrollPositionNone to avoid odd scrolling behavior.

Absolutely correct. I think that `[cell setSelected:YES]` could be omitted: `selectRowAtIndexPath` will take care of the cell's `selected` state — spassas, Jan 15 '15 at 17:07
This answer works for UITableView's with multiple selections. Thumbs up. — Danny Bravo, Oct 23 '18 at 11:19

Yunus Nedim Mehel · Answer 9 · 2012-11-08T16:41:32.420

Based on saikirans solution, I have written this, which helped me. On the .m file:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    if(selectedRowIndex && indexPath.row == selectedRowIndex.row) {

        [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
        selectedRowIndex = nil;

    }

    else {  self.selectedRowIndex = [indexPath retain];   }

    [tableView beginUpdates];
    [tableView endUpdates];

}

And on the header file:

@property (retain, nonatomic) NSIndexPath* selectedRowIndex;

I am not very experienced either, so double check for memory leaks etc.

CHiP-love-NY · Answer 10 · 2015-03-12T09:03:04.043

If you want to select any table cell with the first click and deselect with the second, you should use this code:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView 
        didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {   

    if (self.selectedIndexPath && 
        [indexPath compare:self.selectedIndexPath] == NSOrderedSame) {

        [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
         self.selectedIndexPath = nil;
    } 
    else {
        self.selectedIndexPath = indexPath;
    }
}

score 7 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 30 '17 at 22:04

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Swift 4:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, willSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> IndexPath? {
    let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)
    if cell?.isSelected == true { // check if cell has been previously selected
        tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
        return nil
    } else {
        return indexPath
    }
}

answered Oct 30 '17 at 22:04

PowerSurge

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This worked for me in Swift 3. Just had to add `self.tableView(tableView, didDeselectRowAt: indexPath)` after `tableView.deselectRow...` because it was not called automatically – elysch Nov 03 '17 at 03:46

score 6 · Answer 12 · edited May 24 '12 at 03:19

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This should work:

[tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexpath1 animated:NO];

Just make sure materialTable and tableView are pointing to the same object.

Is materials connected to the tableView in Interface Builder?

edited May 24 '12 at 03:19

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i have tested with NO but that also not solve my problem. but i fixed this issue with another way as reloaded Data when ever the didselect delegate fired. – Ram Oct 20 '10 at 09:46

score 4 · Answer 13 · edited Mar 16 '16 at 16:17

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Swift 2.0:

tableView.deselectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: true)

edited Mar 16 '16 at 16:17

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score 4 · Answer 14 · answered Sep 27 '17 at 21:42

Swift 3/4

In ViewController:

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

In Custom Cell:

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

score 3 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 25 '13 at 15:09

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try this

[self.tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:[self.tableView indexPathForSelectedRow] animated:YES];

answered Feb 25 '13 at 15:09

EnasAZ

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try explaining your answer, else it should be a comment. – Hugo Dozois Feb 25 '13 at 15:28

score 3 · Answer 16 · answered Nov 17 '14 at 17:09

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NSIndexPath * index = [self.menuTableView indexPathForSelectedRow];
[self.menuTableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:index animated:NO];

place this code according to your code and you will get your cell deselected.

answered Nov 17 '14 at 17:09

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score 3 · Answer 17 · answered Jul 01 '15 at 12:58

Can you try this?

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView 
  didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {

    AppDelegate_iPad *appDelegte = 
    (AppDelegate_iPad *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    NSIndexPath *indexpath1 = appDelegte.indexPathDelegate;
    appDelegte.indexPathDelegate = indexPath;

    UITableViewCell *prevSelectedCell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath: indexpath1];
    if([prevSelectedCell isSelected]){
       [prevSelectedCell setSelected:NO];
    }
}

It worked for me.

score 2 · Answer 18 · answered Feb 11 '16 at 15:09

Swift

func tableView(tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) {

    // your code

    // your code

    // and use deselect row to end line of this function

    self.tableView.deselectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: true)

}

ronatory · Answer 19 · 2016-10-07T17:16:59.153

Swift 3.0:

Following the protocol conformance section of the ray wenderlich swift style guide, to keep related methods grouped together, put this extension below your view controller class like that:

// your view controller
class MyViewcontroller: UIViewController {
  // class stuff here
}

// MARK: - UITableViewDelegate
extension MyViewcontroller: UITableViewDelegate {
      // use the UITableViewDelegate method tableView(_:didSelectRowAt:)
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {

        // your code when user select row at indexPath

        // at the end use deselectRow
        tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
    }
}

score 1 · Answer 20 · answered Apr 08 '17 at 11:36

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

answered Apr 08 '17 at 11:36

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score 1 · Answer 21 · answered Apr 09 '17 at 02:51

Swift 3

I've run into this as well - when you navigate or unwind back to the table view it usually doesn't deselect the previously selected row for you. I put this code in the table view controller & it works well:

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    if let lastSelectedRow = tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow {
        tableView.deselectRow(at: lastSelectedRow, animated: true)
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Nov 24 '16 at 22:59

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swift 3.0

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

answered Nov 24 '16 at 22:59

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Arkelyan · Answer 23 · 2016-12-08T15:35:10.953

To have deselect (DidDeselectRowAt) fire when clicked the first time because of preloaded data; you need inform the tableView that the row is already selected to begin with, so that an initial click then deselects the row:

//Swift 3:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    if tableView[indexPath.row] == "data value"

        tableView.selectRow(at: indexPath, animated: false, scrollPosition: UITableViewScrollPosition.none)

    }
}

How to deselect a selected UITableView cell?

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