Question

The default colour for text in a UITableView when selected is white. I want to change this to dark grey. I managed to change the main title label text by doing this:

cell.selectedTextColor = [UIColor darkGrayColor];

How can I do this for the detailTextLabel though when it is highlighted/selected?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can subclass UITableViewCell. Then override the setHighlighted:animated Method:

- (void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted animated:(BOOL)animated {
       [super setHighlighted:highlighted animated:animated];
       if (highlighted) {
           self.detailTextLabel.textColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
       } else {
           self.detailTextLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
       }
}

You may end up wanting to override the setSelected:animated method too.