How to remove List Section separators in SwiftUI

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There might be a time when you want to remove just the first and the last row separator in SwiftUI List.

In iOS 15, you can easily do that with listSectionSeparator(_:edges:) modifier.

A List in which the first and the last row separators are removed.
A List in which the first and the last row separators are removed.

How to remove the section separators in SwiftUI List

To be able to remove the first and the last row separators, you need to understand one thing. That is those separators are actually a part of the section separator.

So, you can easily remove the first and the last row separators by using the listSectionSeparator(_:edges:) modifier.

listSectionSeparator(_:edges:) control the visibility of section seprators.

To hide section separator, we apply .listSectionSeparator(.hidden) to a Section view.

NavigationView {
List {
Section {
ForEach(0..<7) { i in
Text("Row \(i.description)")
}
}
.listSectionSeparator(.hidden)
}
.listStyle(.plain)
.navigationTitle("List")
}

By apply .listSectionSeparator(.hidden) to a Section, you remove the first and the last separator for that particular section.

Remove list section separators with .listSectionSeparator(.hidden) modifier.
Remove list section separators with .listSectionSeparator(.hidden) modifier.

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How to remove the First separator in SwiftUI List

The .listSectionSeparator(.hidden) has an optional second argument that you can specify which edges you want to hide the separator. By default, it's applied to all edges (both top and bottom).

To remove the first separator, we use .listSectionSeparator(.hidden, edges: .top).

NavigationView {
List {
Section {
ForEach(0..<7) { i in
Text("Row \(i.description)")
}
}
.listSectionSeparator(.hidden, edges: .top)
}
.listStyle(.plain)
.navigationTitle("List")
}

Hide the top separator using .listSectionSeparator(.hidden, edges: .top).

Hide the top separator using .listSectionSeparator(.hidden, edges: .top)
Hide the top separator using .listSectionSeparator(.hidden, edges: .top)

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How to remove the Last separator in SwiftUI List

To remove the last separator, we use .listSectionSeparator(.hidden, edges: .bottom).

NavigationView {
List {
Section {
ForEach(0..<7) { i in
Text("Row \(i.description)")
}
}
.listSectionSeparator(.hidden, edges: .bottom)
}
.listStyle(.plain)
.navigationTitle("List")
}

Hide the top separator using .listSectionSeparator(.hidden, edges: .bottom).

Hide the top separator using .listSectionSeparator(.hidden, edges: .bottom).
Hide the top separator using .listSectionSeparator(.hidden, edges: .bottom).

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