WPF ListBox not showing selection highlight

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I can't for the life of me finger out why I'm not getting a selection highlight in my listboxes. There are no merged resource dictionaries, and there are no style ovverrides defined within parent's resources.

Selection appears to work (it's doing what it's supposed to do when I make a selection), but the listbox isn't highlighting the selected item (regardless of whether the listbox is focused or unfocused).

I even tried specifically setting the listbox's container item style to force a color.

Can someone please tell me what to look for?

Posted 4-Nov-14 4:55am

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[no name] 4-Nov-14 23:25pm

Check this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17725488/listbox-item-selected-is-not-highlighted?answertab=active#tab-top

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rahulkichur · Answer 1 · 2014-11-10T17:11:00

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It is selected but you need a hightlight for not focused

<ListBox Grid.Row="0" x:Name="lbUtilities">
    <ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
        <Style TargetType="ListBoxItem">
            <Style.Triggers>
                <Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True" >
                    <Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold" />
                    <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
                    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black" />
                </Trigger>
            </Style.Triggers>
            <Style.Resources>
                <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightTextBrushKey}" Color="Black"/>
                <!-- Background of selected item when focussed -->
                <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}" Color="LightCyan"/>
                <!-- Background of selected item when not focussed -->
                <SolidColorBrush x:Key="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlBrushKey}" Color="LightGray" />
            </Style.Resources>
        </Style>
    </ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
    <ListBoxItem Tag="2" Content="One" IsSelected="True"/>
    <ListBoxItem Tag="5" Content="Two" />
</ListBox>