When I create a custom Style targeting a DataRow and set for example the Background to a certain value the change appears at runtime on the interface also. However my question is that if I set the SelectionBackground property to a certain value I can not see it (it is not applied). I have succeeded to accomplish this behaviour only after creating the custom style with a ControlTemplate in it. Shouldn't I see the desired SelectionBackground just by creating a style without the controltemplate and setting the SelectionBackground property in the Style setter to the desired value?

Thanks in advance,

Ervin

On some themes, like Aero (default in windows vista) we had to create a VisualTree in order to obtain the desired selection look. If you test with classic for example, it will probably work. So for themes you see that might include a visual tree (more than 1 visual element, not just a color), you will have to re-style/re-template the object yes. This is the expected behavior.