>>>>>How to select the Listbox highlight color of my choice.??
>>>>>thanks
>>>>
>>>>Set
>>>>SelectedItemBackColor Property
>>>>
>>>>and
>>>>
>>>>SelectedItemForeColor Property
>>>
>>>listbox: selecteditemforecolor or selecteditembackcolor are my choices.
>>
>>Yes, exactly.
>
>It's being set somewhere else and not in my class definition.
>Is there not a property to set the listbox's plain old backcolor?

You can always do this.resettodefault("backcolor") or any other property, and it should revert to whatever is defined in the class.