I want to change the background color of a ListBox's SelectedItem. I tried the below code :
<ListBox Grid.Column="0" ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden"
ItemsSource="{Binding Parents}" DisplayMemberPath="Title"
Height="35" FontSize="18" BorderThickness="0" Background="#FF2A2A2A"
Foreground="White" SelectedIndex="0">
<ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<StackPanel IsItemsHost="True" Orientation="Horizontal"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="0" />
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="DodgerBlue" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
<Style.Resources>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}"
Color="Transparent"/>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.InactiveSelectionHighlightBrushKey}"
Color="Transparent" />
</Style.Resources>
</Style>
</ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
</ListBox>
But I cannot see any change in SelectedItems's Background Color. Can anybody point the mistake in above XAML?
Also I want to use this style for this specific ListBox
, so I don't want to change ControlTemplate.
In .NET 4.5
system does not use SystemColors
by default, therefore you should:
1) create your own Style/ControlTemplate;
2) create a BlankListBoxContainer
like in this
example:
<Style x:Key="BlankListBoxContainerStyle" TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}"
VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}" />
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null} "/>
</Style>
3) remove the difference between the frameworks, like this
:
FrameworkCompatibilityPreferences.AreInactiveSelectionHighlightBrushKeysSupported = false;
before any Window are created, for example before InitializeComponent()
.
From MSDN
:
AreInactiveSelectionHighlightBrushKeysSupported:
Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the application should use the InactiveSelectionHighlightBrush
and InactiveSelectionHighlightTextBrush
properties for the colors of inactive selected items.
Try this:
<ListBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" Margin="2" SelectionMode="Multiple" ItemsSource="{Binding NavigationMenuItems}" DisplayMemberPath="Name">
<ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Setter Property="IsSelected" Value="{Binding Mode=TwoWay, Path=IsSelected}"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
<Border x:Name="Bd" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
<ContentPresenter HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="true">
<Setter Property="Background" TargetName="Bd" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}}"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
</ListBox>