Question

How can I set the background color of a specific item in a System.Windows.Forms.ListBox?

I would like to be able to set multiple ones if possible.

Answer 1

Probably the only way to accomplish that is to draw the items yourself.

Set the DrawMode to OwnerDrawFixed and code something like this on the DrawItem event:

private void listBox_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e) {     e.DrawBackground();     Graphics g = e.Graphics;      g.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.Silver), e.Bounds);      // Print text      e.DrawFocusRectangle(); } 

The second option would be using a ListView, although they have an other way of implementations (not really data bound, but more flexible in way of columns).