I try to change the Background property for my ListBoxItems using triggers in the ItemContainerStyle of my ListBox as fol
A little bit of reflecting on the Aero-style offers us an explanation to why this simple trigger-setting doesn't work.
The ListBoxItem has a ControlTemplate with triggers that takes precedence over our trigger. At least this seems to be true for a MultiTrigger. I´ve managed to override the simple trigger of Selected=true but for the multitrigger I had to make my own ControlTemplate.
This is the template from the Aero style that shows the problematic MultiTrigger:
Hope it clears things up a little bit. I can't fathom why they´ve overcomplicated the style this much.