So if you’ve ever used a Tap Gesture on a whole ViewController only to find that it interferes with a TableView and now you can’t select any rows, you know how it can be a pain. The good news is that there is a really simple way to fix it. You don’t need to create any weird invisble views, etc. Just add this bit of code in viewDidLoad: tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false Where tap is a UIGestureRecognizer object. You can create one in code like this: let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: “closeKeyboard”) view.addGestureRecognizer(tap) Bonus And a simple way to close