 <p>If you have a CustomCell, you must have a CustomCell.m (implementation file). In this file add this, to me is the easy way: </p> <pre><code>-(void)setHighlighted:(BOOL)highlighted { if (highlighted) { self.layer.opacity = 0.6; // Here what do you want. } else{ self.layer.opacity = 1.0; // Here all change need go back } } </code></pre>