Failed to to make a toggle colored list box

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Hello
I am trying to make listbox, the items must be colored and whenever one of its items selected that item changed its color
And if I select it again its color returns back (toggle), but surprisingly that happened when I press the vertical scroll (against my desire)
I want it to become toggle when I select that item using mouse.
I think the index of the wanted item will not be available in mouse click event(mouseclick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)) .
I will accept the answer even if you add another button or by any other way
thanks

What I have tried:

C#

int[] MARK = new int[10];
ListBox lb = new ListBox();
private void FormLoad(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) str3[i] = "Hello_"+i.ToString();
    lb.Items.AddRange(str3);//new object[] { str3 });
    lb.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(80, 40);
    lb.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(160, 80);
    lb.DrawMode = DrawMode.OwnerDrawFixed;
    lb.DrawItem += new DrawItemEventHandler(MyListBox_DrawItem);
    Controls.Add(lb);
}
private void MyListBox_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)
{
    ListBox lbSender = (ListBox)sender;
    if (lbSender == lb && (e.State & DrawItemState.Selected) != DrawItemState.Selected)
    {
        e.DrawBackground();
        string s = lb.Items[e.Index].ToString();
        Brush brush = Brushes.Green;

        if (MARK[e.Index] == 0) {brush = Brushes.Blue;}
        else if (MARK[e.Index] == -1) {brush = Brushes.Red;}
        e.Graphics.DrawString(lb.Items[e.Index].ToString(), e.Font, brush, e.Bounds.Location, StringFormat.GenericDefault);
    }
    else if (lbSender == lb && (e.State & DrawItemState.Selected) == DrawItemState.Selected)
    {
        e.DrawBackground();
        string s;
        Brush brush = Brushes.Green;

        if (MARK[e.Index] == 0) {brush = Brushes.Red;MARK[e.Index] = -1;}
        else if (MARK[e.Index] == -1){brush = Brushes.Blue;MARK[e.Index] = 0;}
        s = lb.Items[e.Index].ToString();
        e = new DrawItemEventArgs(e.Graphics,
                                 e.Font,
                                 e.Bounds,
                                 e.Index,
                                 e.State ^ DrawItemState.Selected,
                                 e.ForeColor,
                                 Color.Black);
        e.Graphics.DrawString(lb.Items[e.Index].ToString(), e.Font, brush, e.Bounds.Location, StringFormat.GenericDefault);
        e.DrawFocusRectangle();
    }
}

Posted 30-Apr-19 8:02am

Engineer khalid

Updated 1-May-19 3:24am

Maciej Los

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[no name] 1-May-19 2:26am

Use WPF if you want "fancy" and less / no pain.

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RickZeeland · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-01T03:25:00

What you are trying to achieve is not very easy with a ListBox, here is an example with a ListView:

using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ListboxToggle
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        int[] MARK = new int[10];
        ListView lv = new ListView();

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            lv.View = View.Details;
            lv.MultiSelect = false;
            lv.FullRowSelect = true;
            lv.Columns.Add("Header", 160);
            lv.HeaderStyle = ColumnHeaderStyle.None;
            lv.Location = new Point(80, 40);
            lv.Size = new Size(160, 80);

            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
            {
                lv.Items.Add("Hello_" + i);
            }

            Controls.Add(lv);
            lv.SelectedIndexChanged += listview_SelectedIndexChanged;
        }

        private void listview_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            ListView lbSender = (ListView)sender;

            foreach (ListViewItem item in lbSender.SelectedItems)
            {
                Debug.Print(item.Text);

                if (item.BackColor == Color.Red)
                {
                    item.BackColor = Color.White;
                }
                else
                {
                    item.BackColor = Color.Red;
                }
            }
            
        }
    }
}