WPF ListView Inactive Selection Color

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I'm creating a WPF application where several ListView selections are made in a row (similar to the iTunes browser). The problem is that the default inactive selection color is too light. (see below) Default inactive selection color (too light)

How can I change this color so my inactive listview looks like this? (see below) Inactive and active selection colors the same

Solution

Override the default SystemColor with a Style like so:

<Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
    <Style.Resources>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}" Color="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightColor}"/>
    </Style.Resources>
</Style>
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8 Answers

The ListBox template uses a system color called ControlBrush to set the inactive highlight color. Therefore, you can just override that color:

<ListBox>
    <ListBox.Resources>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}">Red</SolidColorBrush>
    </ListBox.Resources>
</ListBox>
user_53800

Based on this other answer I used the following to make the active & inactive colors the same without hardcoding the actual value:

<ListBox.Resources>
    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.InactiveSelectionHighlightBrushKey}" 
                     Color="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightColor}"/>
    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.InactiveSelectionHighlightTextBrushKey}"
                     Color="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextColor}"/>
</ListBox.Resources>

Having the same colors for both active & inactive may not be ideal, but the default colors were so faint it was hard to tell which item was selected when it was inactive; this is a definite improvement.

user_31954770

Overriding the SystemColors, as most of the other answers advise, did not work for me. I ended up just editing the default style for ListBoxItem and setting ItemContainerStyle on the specific ListBox to the edited style. It's relatively painless compared to editing default styles for other controls. All you have to do is change the Item.SelectedInactive.Background and the Item.SelectedInactive.Border to the colors you want.

   <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Item.Static.Background" Color="#FFFCFCFC" />
    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Item.Static.Border" Color="#FFFCFCFC" />
    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Item.MouseOver.Background" Color="#1F26A0DA" />
    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Item.MouseOver.Border" Color="#a826A0Da" />
    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Item.SelectedActive.Background" Color="#3D26A0DA" />
    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Item.SelectedActive.Border" Color="#FF26A0DA" />
    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Item.SelectedInactive.Background" Color="#3DDADADA" />
    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Item.SelectedInactive.Border" Color="#FFDADADA" />
    <Style x:Key="ModifiedColorListBox" TargetType="{x:Type ListBoxItem}">
        <Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="True" />
        <Setter Property="Padding" Value="4,1" />
        <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding HorizontalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
        <Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="{Binding VerticalContentAlignment, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type ItemsControl}}}"/>
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
        <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Transparent" />
        <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1" />
        <Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{StaticResource FocusVisual}" />
        <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}" 
                            VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
                            SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" />
                    </Border>
                    <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                        <MultiTrigger>
                            <MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                                <Condition Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True" />
                            </MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                            <Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Item.MouseOver.Background}" />
                            <Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource Item.MouseOver.Border}" />
                        </MultiTrigger>
                        <MultiTrigger>
                            <MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                                <Condition Property="Selector.IsSelectionActive" Value="False" />
                                <Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="True" />
                            </MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                            <Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Item.SelectedInactive.Background}" />
                            <Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource Item.SelectedInactive.Border}" />
                        </MultiTrigger>
                        <MultiTrigger>
                            <MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                                <Condition Property="Selector.IsSelectionActive" Value="True" />
                                <Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="True" />
                            </MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                            <Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Item.SelectedActive.Background}" />
                            <Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource Item.SelectedActive.Border}" />
                        </MultiTrigger>
                        <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
                            <Setter TargetName="Bd" Property="TextElement.Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
                        </Trigger>
                    </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    </Style>

And then usage from xaml:

<ListBox
    Name="SomeListBox"
    ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ModifiedColorListBox}"
    ItemsSource="{Binding SomeCollection}"
    SelectedItem="{Binding SomeObject}">
</ListBox>
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