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# multipleSelectionBackgroundView

The background view to use for a selected cell when the table view allows multiple row selections.

```
var multipleSelectionBackgroundView: UIView? { get set }
```

## Discussion

If this property isn’t `nil`, this view becomes the background view for a selected cell when the table view allows multiple row selections. You enable multiple row selections through the [`allowsMultipleSelection`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableView/allowsMultipleSelection) and [`allowsMultipleSelectionDuringEditing`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableView/allowsMultipleSelectionDuringEditing) properties of [`UITableView`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableView).

A background configuration is mutually exclusive with background views, so you must use one approach or the other. Setting a non-`nil` value for this property resets [`backgroundConfiguration`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableViewCell/backgroundConfiguration-24e8e) to `nil`.

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