Set ComboBox selected item highlight color
combobox, highlight, selected, wpf
Solution
Override the `SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey` (and `SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey` if you want):
<ComboBox>
<ComboBox.Resources>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}">Red</SolidColorBrush>
<SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}">Blue</SolidColorBrush>
</ComboBox.Resources>
<ComboBoxItem>One</ComboBoxItem>
<ComboBoxItem>Two</ComboBoxItem>
</ComboBox>
Problem
I need to change the highlight color of a ComboBox's selected item in the popup list. I've found several tutorials explaining how to do this, but all of them either use Blend, which I do not have and cannot obtain, or involve changing the system default colors--which seems like a hack to me. Can someone point me to the template I need to override, or tell me the property I need to set?