ListView with GridView selected row - remove 3D appearance - wpf

Question

I have a WPF ListView that contains a GridView. I want the selected row to look "flat" and not 3d style.
Dose anyone know how to do this?
Thanks,
Smadar

Answer 1

The 3D look is part of the default style. To change this you need to replace the ControlTemplate for ListViewItem. Here's a simple example which produces the following:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Grid>
<ListView>
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn Header="A"/>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
<ListView.Items>
<ListViewItem Content="Item 1"/>
<ListViewItem Content="Item 2"/>
<ListViewItem Content="Item 3"/>
</ListView.Items>
<ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Border CornerRadius="2" SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
<Border Name="InnerBorder" CornerRadius="1" BorderThickness="1">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition MaxHeight="11" />
<RowDefinition />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Rectangle Name="UpperHighlight" Visibility="Collapsed" Fill="#75FFFFFF" />
<GridViewRowPresenter Grid.RowSpan="2"
VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"
SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" />
</Grid>
</Border>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="LightBlue"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
</ListView>
</Grid>
</Window>
Note: The default templates are located here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms788747.aspx. Since there is no way to change part of a ControlTemplate or base one off of an existing template, I usually try to keep as much of the default template as I can, and only change the parts I care about. It's a little verbose but should do what you're looking for.