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c#winformslistbox
Oztaco
Oztaco

Reputation: 3459

Change the "selected" color of a ListBox in Winforms?

How do you change that ugly blue color that you get when you select something in a listbox in Windows Forms? All of the solutions I was able to find either include re-creating the whole control, or just using WPF. Is there any way to do it within WinForms?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 9324

Answers (2)

Obama
Obama

Reputation: 2612

Before Editing..(he asks about the ListView not the ListBox)

ObjectListView :

ListView1.UseCustomSelectionColors = true;
ListView1.HighlightBackgroundColor = Color.Red; // for example :)
ListView1.UnfocusedHighlightBackgroundColor = Color.Red;

ListView :

myitem.BackColor = Color.Red;

Upvotes: 4

Sergey Berezovskiy
Sergey Berezovskiy

Reputation: 236318

Set DrawMode of your listBox to OwnerDrawFixed and subscribe to DrawItem event:

private void listBox_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)
{
    e.DrawBackground();
    Graphics g = e.Graphics;
    Brush brush = ((e.State & DrawItemState.Selected) == DrawItemState.Selected) ? 
                  Brushes.Red : new SolidBrush(e.BackColor);
    g.FillRectangle(brush, e.Bounds);
    e.Graphics.DrawString(listBox.Items[e.Index].ToString(), e.Font, 
             new SolidBrush(e.ForeColor), e.Bounds, StringFormat.GenericDefault); 
    e.DrawFocusRectangle();            
}

You can determine state of drawing item by checking e.State property of event argument. If state is Selected, then use whatever brush you like (e.g. Red) to fill item line.

Upvotes: 12

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