How to set a WPF ListView Selected Item color?

Question

I am trying to recreate the Mail UI from Windows 8 in a WPF application running on Windows 7. Here\'s what I want to achieve:

Answer 1

Just adding to "TrueEddie" point.

The other option would be "ItemContainerStyle" in ListView.

  <ListView Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" 


                  BorderThickness="0" 
                     ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource ListViewSmartNotes}"
                  SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedSmartNotes, Mode=TwoWay}"
                  ItemsSource="{Binding LstSmartNotes, Mode=TwoWay}" 
                  ItemTemplate="{DynamicResource ListViewItemOptionStyle}">


        </ListView>

ListViewItemOptionStyle defined in Style.xml

<Style x:Key="ListViewItemOptionStyle" TargetType="ListViewItem">
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <!-- Trun off default selection-->
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ListViewItem}">
                    <Border x:Name="Bd" BorderBrush="Gray" BorderThickness="0,1,0,1" 
                            Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" 
                            Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" 
                            SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
                        <ContentPresenter 
                            HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" 
                            SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" 
                            VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
                    </Border>
                    <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                        <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
                            <Setter Property="Foreground"
                                    Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}"/>
                        </Trigger>
                    </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                </ControlTemplate>
        </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
    <Style.Triggers>
        <MultiTrigger>
            <MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                <Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="True" />
            </MultiTrigger.Conditions>
            <MultiTrigger.Setters>
                <Setter Property="Background" Value="Green" />
                <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Green" />
                <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
            </MultiTrigger.Setters>
        </MultiTrigger>
    </Style.Triggers>
</Style>

Fore more details

https://sites.google.com/site/greateindiaclub/mobil-apps/windows8/wpfimportantbindings

Answer 2

I did something similar to this recently:

<ListView.Resources>                
    <ControlTemplate x:Key="SelectedTemplate" TargetType="ListViewItem">
        <Border CornerRadius="5" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="DarkGray" Background="#FF92C6F9" Padding="2" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="5" Tag="{Binding Value}" Cursor="Hand" MouseUp="Border_MouseUp_1">                        
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" Margin="5" />
        </Border>
    </ControlTemplate>
    <Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="ListViewItem">
                    <Border CornerRadius="5" BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="DarkGray" Background="WhiteSmoke" Padding="2" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="5" Tag="{Binding Value}" Cursor="Hand" MouseUp="Border_MouseUp_1" >                                    
                        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" Margin="5" />
                    </Border>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
        <Style.Triggers>
            <MultiTrigger>
                <MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                    <Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="true" />
                    <Condition Property="Selector.IsSelectionActive" Value="true" />
                </MultiTrigger.Conditions>                            
                <Setter Property="Template" Value="{StaticResource SelectedTemplate}" />                            
            </MultiTrigger>
        </Style.Triggers>
    </Style>
</ListView.Resources>

I believe removing:

<Condition Property="Selector.IsSelectionActive" Value="true" />

will allow you to keep the background color after focus is lost.

EDIT:

In response to your question below:

You can bind the tag property of the TextBlock to the command parameter, and then execute the command on the MouseUp event of the TextBlock:

<TextBlock x:Name="MyTextBlock" Text="Click Me!" Tag="{Binding MyCommandParameter}" MouseUp="MyTextBlock_MouseUp" />

And in the code behind:

    private void MyTextBlock_MouseUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
    {
        TextBlock tb = sender as TextBlock;

        if (tb != null && tb.Tag != null)
        {
            ViewModel.MyCommand.Execute(tb.Tag);
        }            
    }