# listbox cell fillrect "blued out" when row selected?

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-cell-fillrect-blued-out-when-row-selected/25234>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [June 30, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-cell-fillrect-blued-out-when-row-selected/25234 "2015-06-30T13:56:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_Dawson](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Bill\_Dawson](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Bill_Dawson)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-cell-fillrect-blued-out-when-row-selected/25234/1 "2015-06-30T13:56:05Z")

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I have cells in a listbox which I have drawn “buttons” in using g.ForeColor and g.FillRect. The trouble is whenever a row is selected, the row is of course highlighted in blue, which obliterates my drawn buttons completely. I’ve tried using the selected property with 2 different sets of colors in an if…else statement (ie: turn the color to white), but this has no effect.

Is there a way to stop my buttons from being “blued out”?

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**Author:** ![DaveS](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@DaveS](https://forum.xojo.com/u/DaveS)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-cell-fillrect-blued-out-when-row-selected/25234/2 "2015-06-30T14:04:47Z")

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I forget which it is… but you have to return TRUE in either CELLBACKGROUNDPAINT , CELLTEXTPAINT or both…

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Dawson](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Bill\_Dawson](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Bill_Dawson)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-cell-fillrect-blued-out-when-row-selected/25234/3 "2015-06-30T14:14:21Z")

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Excellent. Thanks Dave!

P.S. It’s CellBackgroundPaint. 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-cell-fillrect-blued-out-when-row-selected/25234/4 "2020-10-29T17:49:38Z")

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