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How to change ListBox selection background color

Mappy Show answered on May 6, 2022 Popularity 5/10 Helpfulness 2/10

answer How to change ListBox selection background color

How to change ListBox selection background color

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private void listBox1_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Index<0) return;
    //if the item state is selected them change the back color 
    if ((e.State & DrawItemState.Selected) == DrawItemState.Selected)
        e = new DrawItemEventArgs(e.Graphics, 
                                  e.Font, 
                                  e.Bounds, 
                                  e.Index,
                                  e.State ^ DrawItemState.Selected,
                                  e.ForeColor, 
                                  Color.Yellow);//Choose the color

    // Draw the background of the ListBox control for each item.
    e.DrawBackground();
    // Draw the current item text
    e.Graphics.DrawString(listBox1.Items[e.Index].ToString(),e.Font, Brushes.Black, e.Bounds, StringFormat.GenericDefault);
    // If the ListBox has focus, draw a focus rectangle around the selected item.
    e.DrawFocusRectangle();
}

Popularity 5/10 Helpfulness 2/10 Language csharp

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Tags: background-color c# listbox selection

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