I've already found a lot of questions about manipulating the highlight of items to select in the dropdown of the combobox or overriding system brushes. This is NOT what I'm after.. I want to get rid of the text highlighting of the selected item shown in the combobox textfield after selecting. But I do not want to get rid of the text highlighting in the dropdown! So overriding the system brushes is not what I need because that also affects the items in the dropdown. Below is XAML for a complete test project. Build + run and select an item to see the effects. The text of any selected item in the combobox textfield will be highlighted with a light grayish brush. That's what I want to get rid of.. but how..?
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="ComboboxDropdownButton" TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Width" Value="NaN"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="NaN"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="Black"/>
<Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ToggleButton}">
<DockPanel SnapsToDevicePixels="True"
Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
LastChildFill="False">
<Border x:Name="Border"
Width="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.VerticalScrollBarWidthKey}}"
DockPanel.Dock="Right"
Background="WhiteSmoke"
CornerRadius="0,3,3,0"
BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
>
<Path Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Data="M0,0L4.5,4 9,0z"/>
</Border>
</DockPanel>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="White" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsChecked" Value="True">
<Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="White" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.5"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
<ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxTextBox" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
<Border x:Name="PART_ContentHost" Focusable="False" />
</ControlTemplate>
<Style x:Key="{x:Type ComboBox}" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="true" />
<Setter Property="OverridesDefaultStyle" Value="true" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Value="Auto" />
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="true" />
<Setter Property="MinWidth" Value="120" />
<Setter Property="MinHeight" Value="20" />
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
<Grid>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="EditStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Editable">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)"
Storyboard.TargetName="PART_EditableTextBox">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{x:Static Visibility.Visible}" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Uneditable" />
</VisualStateGroup>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="FocusStates">
<VisualState x:Name="Focused">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="FocusVisualElement" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)" To="1"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Unfocused"/>
<VisualState x:Name="FocusedDropDown">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Duration="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="DropDownBorder" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="00:00:00">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<Visibility>Visible</Visibility>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<ToggleButton x:Name="ToggleButton"
Margin="-1"
Grid.Column="2"
Focusable="False"
ClickMode="Press"
Style="{StaticResource ComboboxDropdownButton}"
IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}">
</ToggleButton>
<TextBox x:Name="PART_EditableTextBox"
Style="{x:Null}"
Template="{StaticResource ComboBoxTextBox}"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom"
Margin="3,3,23,3"
Focusable="True"
Background="Transparent"
Visibility="Hidden"
IsReadOnly="{TemplateBinding IsReadOnly}" />
<Rectangle x:Name="FocusVisualElement" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2" Margin="-3" Stroke="Red" StrokeThickness="1" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="false" />
<Rectangle x:Name="BackgroundVisualElement" RadiusX="2" RadiusY="2" Margin="-1" Fill="BlanchedAlmond" Panel.ZIndex="-1" Stroke="Black" StrokeThickness="1" IsHitTestVisible="false" />
<Popup x:Name="PART_Popup"
Placement="Bottom"
IsOpen="{TemplateBinding IsDropDownOpen}"
AllowsTransparency="True"
Focusable="False"
PopupAnimation="Slide">
<Border x:Name="DropDownBorder"
MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}"
MinWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=BackgroundVisualElement}"
Background="BlanchedAlmond"
BorderBrush="Black"
BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="0,0,3,3">
<ScrollViewer>
<ItemsPresenter KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained" />
</ScrollViewer>
</Border>
</Popup>
</Grid>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
<Setter TargetName="DropDownBorder" Property="MinHeight" Value="95" />
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsGrouping" Value="true">
<Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false" />
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<Button Margin="0,0,363,221" />
<ComboBox Width="120" Height="20" Name="comboBox1" SnapsToDevicePixels="True" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" SelectedIndex="0" IsEditable="True" IsReadOnly="True">
<ComboBoxItem>item 1</ComboBoxItem>
<ComboBoxItem>item 2</ComboBoxItem>
<ComboBoxItem>item 3</ComboBoxItem>
</ComboBox>
</Grid>
</Window>
EDIT: for better effect, add Foreground="Transparent" to the PART_EditableTextBox. The selected item in the combobox textfield will still show up highlighted with the light grayish brush I want to get rid of..
