WPF How to change the listbox selected item text color when the list box loses focus

listbox, selecteditem, styles, wpf

Solution

I put this in a resource dictionary for an element containing the listbox:

               <Style TargetType="ListBoxItem">
                <Style.Resources>
                    <!--SelectedItem with focus-->
                    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}" Color="Blue"/>
                    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}" Color="White"/>
                    <!--SelectedItem without focus-->
                    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}" Color="Blue"/>
                    <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}" Color="White"/>
                </Style.Resources>
            </Style>

Notice also that in .Net 4.5 you have to ask for "old" behavior by setting

      FrameworkCompatibilityPreferences.
            AreInactiveSelectionHighlightBrushKeysSupported = false;

early in your program before any windows are created.

Problem

I've been searching for how to change the text color of a selected item in a list box that has lost focus. ``` <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}" Color="Transparent"/> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}" Color="Transparent"/> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}" Color="Orange"/> ``` These three tags take care of most of the work, but my list box has a black background and when the control loses focus, the font turns to black. I found this list from another post SystemColor. Keys that gives a ton of possible options from this list and anything that seems remotely intuitive has not worked. Does anybody know the key that I need to change?

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