How to change listview selected row backcolor even when focus on another control?

Question

I have a program which uses a barcode scanner as input device so that means I need to keep the focus on a text box.

The program has a listview control and I select o

Answer 1

You cant set focus on listview control in this situation. txtBarcode_Leave method will prevent this. But if you are desire to be able select listview items by clicking on them, just add code below to MouseClick event handler of listview:

    private void listView1_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        ListView list = sender as ListView;

        for (int i = 0; i < list.Items.Count; i++)
        {
            if (list.Items[i].Bounds.Contains(e.Location) == true)
            {
                list.Items[i].BackColor = Color.Blue; // highlighted item
            }
            else
            {
                list.Items[i].BackColor = SystemColors.Window; // normal item
            }
        }
    }