How to unselect a uitableview cell when the user returns to the view controller

Question

I have a uitableview cell highlighted when a user selects it and then is pushed to a detail view. I would like the cell to be unhighlighted when they return to the table view view controller.

how would I go about accomplishing this?

I'm guessing [cell.textLabel setHighlighted:NO]; in viewWillAppear, but cell is undeclared if I put it there.

thanks for any help

If you are using storyboard then you can just check the clear selection attribute. — AlexanderN, Feb 19 '13 at 12:18
@AlexanderofNorway that property appear only if you use UITableViewController — Surjeet Rajput, Aug 31 '16 at 11:20

score 108 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 14 '20 at 13:51

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If you using UITableViewController subclass then just set property

self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = YES;

else in viewWillAppear just call

NSIndexPath *indexPath = self.tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow;
if (indexPath) {
    [self.tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:animated];
}

// MARK: - Swift 3
if let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow {
    tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
}

edited Jul 14 '20 at 13:51

nickdnk

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answered Feb 19 '13 at 11:56

iiFreeman

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Note: `clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear` works most of the time. It will not work if you "swipe to back" on iOS7 back to the tableViewController. The 2nd method works all the time, with added nice animation. – Byte Dec 04 '13 at 17:49
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I think it's better to use viewWillAppear than viewDidAppear - the animation-timing looks more consistent with what UITableViewController does. – chrisbuchholz Apr 15 '14 at 20:08
Matter what you want, sure will appear good, maybe even better ) – iiFreeman Apr 15 '14 at 21:31
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In swift you do: `if let indexPath = self.tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow{ self.tableView.deselectRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, animated: animated) }` – Werner Kratochwil Sep 29 '16 at 16:16
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Is better to use `viewWillAppear` than `viewDidAppear`, the effect will be similar to `clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear` – Heberti Almeida Oct 20 '16 at 08:27

score 22 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 25 '16 at 12:33

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Swift 3.0

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

    if let selectionIndexPath = self.tableView.indexPathForSelectedRow {
        self.tableView.deselectRow(at: selectionIndexPath, animated: animated)
    }
}

edited Dec 25 '16 at 12:33

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answered Oct 13 '16 at 07:15

Dustin Spengler

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(You could probably remove the `self.` before each invocation of `tableView`, for some cleaner and swiftier code.) – royalmurder Sep 13 '17 at 09:40
For sure. I just like to be explicit about variables that belong to the controller so I don't get them confused with local variables. Just a personal preference. – Dustin Spengler Sep 13 '17 at 18:01
@royalmurder You could definitely remove it; it's just a matter of style. I personally prefer to use self to differentiate properties of the class from ivars, as Dustin mentioned. Regardless, the use of self here has no impact on the functionality at hand. – vikzilla Feb 25 '18 at 22:51
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Worked out of the box in Swift 4 - thanks so much. Tip: You can set `animated:` to `true` (which does the same thing as setting it to `animated` like in this answer) or `false`. – velkoon Dec 09 '18 at 01:27

score 7 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 25 '16 at 23:24

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try

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    // Deselect the row which was tapped
    [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
}

edited Jan 25 '16 at 23:24

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answered Feb 19 '13 at 11:56

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 19 '13 at 12:46

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I decided to make this an answer instead of a comment.

If you are using storyboard: Click on your UITableViewController -> Check the "Selection: Clear on Appearance" box

answered Feb 19 '13 at 12:46

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 20 '17 at 14:18

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func clearOnAppearance() {
    for indexPath in tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows ?? [] {
        tableView.deselectRow(at: indexPath, animated: true)
    }
}

answered Jun 20 '17 at 14:18

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 25 '16 at 23:24

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Or some inelegant way =)

NSArray *arrayWithPaths = [tableView indexPathsForVisibleRows];
for (NSIndexPath *path in arrayWithPaths)
{
    [tableview deselectRowAtIndexPath:path animated:NO];
}

edited Jan 25 '16 at 23:24

pkamb

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answered Feb 19 '13 at 11:57

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How to unselect a uitableview cell when the user returns to the view controller

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