Winforms ListView Selection Drawing?

Question

Is it possible to override the listview detault selection paint? The one that looks semi-transparent blue overlayed over the items, like in the explorer windows.

I want to draw an outline around the selection to indicate selection.

Any way to do this? Examples are appreciated.

Answer 1

My first thought would be to subclass the ListView control, set OwnerDraw to true and perform all of the drawing yourself, but that seems like overkill for such a small change.

However, in my wanderings of the web I found this article, which may be helpful, as it's very similar to your situation and allows you to avoid drawing everything yourself.