---
title: "collectionView(_:didBeginMultipleSelectionInteractionAt:)"
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:didbeginmultipleselectioninteractionat:)"
---

# collectionView(_:didBeginMultipleSelectionInteractionAt:)

Tells the delegate when the user starts using a two-finger pan gesture to select multiple items in a collection view.

## Declaration

```swift
optional func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, didBeginMultipleSelectionInteractionAt indexPath: IndexPath)
```

## Parameters

- `collectionView`: The collection view calling this method.
- `indexPath`: The index path of the item that the user touched to start the two-finger pan gesture.

## Discussion

Discussion Your implementation of this method is a good place to indicate, in the app’s user interface, that the user is selecting multiple items; for example, you could replace an Edit or Select button with a Done button. func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, didBeginMultipleSelectionInteractionAt indexPath: IndexPath) {     // Replace the Select button with Done, and put the      // collection view into editing mode.     setEditing(true, animated: true) }

## See Also

### Managing the selected cells

- [Changing the appearance of selected and highlighted cells](uikit/changing-the-appearance-of-selected-and-highlighted-cells.md)
- [Selecting multiple items with a two-finger pan gesture](uikit/selecting-multiple-items-with-a-two-finger-pan-gesture.md)
- [collectionView(_:shouldSelectItemAt:)](uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:shouldselectitemat:).md)
- [collectionView(_:didSelectItemAt:)](uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:didselectitemat:).md)
- [collectionView(_:shouldDeselectItemAt:)](uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:shoulddeselectitemat:).md)
- [collectionView(_:didDeselectItemAt:)](uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:diddeselectitemat:).md)
- [collectionView(_:shouldBeginMultipleSelectionInteractionAt:)](uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:shouldbeginmultipleselectioninteractionat:).md)
- [collectionViewDidEndMultipleSelectionInteraction(_:)](uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionviewdidendmultipleselectioninteraction(_:).md)