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# tableView(_:canPerformPrimaryActionForRowAt:)

Asks the delegate whether to perform a primary action for the row at the specified index path.

```
optional func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, canPerformPrimaryActionForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool
```

## Parameters

`tableView`

The table view object asking whether to perform a primary action.

`indexPath`

The index path of the row.

## Return Value

<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> if the primary action can be performed; otherwise, <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>. If you don’t implement this method, the default return value is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> when the table view isn’t in an editing state, and <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false> when it is.

## Discussion

Primary actions allow you to distinguish between a distinct user action and a change in selection (like a focus change or other indirect selection change). A primary action occurs when a person selects a single row without extending an existing selection.

UIKit calls this method before [`tableView(_:performPrimaryActionForRowAt:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableViewDelegate/tableView(_:performPrimaryActionForRowAt:)).

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