Question

I want to disable the visual effect on Mouse Over on each item of my listbox,
and I would like to disable the visual effect when a user clicks, too.

I read that it could be done using a DataTrigger on Windows Phone,
but on Windows 8, we can not use DataTrigger :
DataTrigger in WinRT?

What else can I use to delete this visual effect ?
I saw the StyleSelector/ListViewItemStyleSelector, can I use this?
If yes, where can I find a sample, because i did not understood how it work.

Answer 1

If you mean disable the selected item style, then in WPF you can do this:

<Style x:Key="NullSelectionStyle" TargetType="ListBoxItem">
    <Style.Resources>
        <!-- SelectedItem with focus -->
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}" Color="Transparent" />
        <!-- SelectedItem without focus -->
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}" Color="Transparent" />
        <!-- SelectedItem text foreground -->
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}" Color="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextColorKey}}" />
    </Style.Resources>
    <Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}" />
</Style>

<ListBox ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource NullSelectionStyle}" ...>

Unfortunately I don’t have access to Windows 8 yet, so I can’t say if it works on WinRT.

Alternatively if you don’t need any selection at all, just use an ItemsControl.

For example, instead of <ListBox .../> use <ItemsControl .../>. An ItemsControl shows a list of items like a ListBox but has no concept of the selected item.