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elismm
elismm

Reputation: 257

TableView editing mode: remove default selected background color

I am working with a tableview in editing mode. I am using the checkmark multi select method as you can see in the iOS built in mail edit mode -- also linked here.

My issue is that when a cell is selected, the background changes to the default tintColor.

My expected outcome is that the tableViewCell onSelect fills in the checkmark but does not change the background color.

I have tried changing the selectionStyle to .none -- this makes it so I cannot select the cell at all in editing mode. I have also tried changing the selected background view without success.

open override func viewWillLoad(withData data: Any!) {
    self.view.backgroundColor = .gray
    self.tableView = UITableView()
    self.tableView.setEditing(true, animated: true)
    self.tableView.delegate = self
    self.tableView.dataSource = self
    self.tableView.allowsMultipleSelection = true
    self.tableView.allowsSelectionDuringEditing = true

    self.view.addSubview(tableView)
}

public func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, editingStyleForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCellEditingStyle {
    return UITableViewCellEditingStyle.init(rawValue: 3)!
}

public func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    // dequeueing my cell here

    cell.textLabel?.text = data[indexPath.row]
    // cell.selectionStyle = ????

    return cell
}

Is there any way to achieve this other than creating a custom button?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1747

Answers (3)

Anton Rodzik
Anton Rodzik

Reputation: 791

Try this: 

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, 
   shouldHighlightRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
     return !tableView.isEditing
}

Upvotes: 0

elismm
elismm

Reputation: 257

It turns out that there is a specific background for tableViews that use Multiple Selection!

My solution was to use the following code on my cells:

let selectedView = UIView()
selectedView.backgroundColor = cellBackgroundColor
self.multipleSelectionBackgroundView = selectedView
self.selectionStyle = .default

If you are only using single selection you can use the following: 

let selectedView = UIView()
selectedView.backgroundColor = cellBackgroundColor
self.selectedBackgroundView = selectedView
self.selectionStyle = .default

Upvotes: 3

iShox
iShox

Reputation: 369

You can remove that highlighted color in storyboard. enter image description here

select selection to None

And also you can remove that color by code

cell.selectionStyle = .none

Upvotes: 0

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