Draw system focus rectangle c#

Question

How can I draw a system focus rectangle using gdi, C#? I'm mainly interested in the glass effect focus rectangle found in the common listview control on Windows 7. Thanks in advance.

Do you need an exact effect? any screen shot to show what you want? — King King, Jul 09 '13 at 16:34
Not exact I was hopping that there is some system function that will provide me system specific focus recangle . Like in this question 'http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5086682/windows-7-native-look-for-net-listview' — user629926, Jul 09 '13 at 16:36
Thanks I found this based on that http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3014816/visualstylerenderer-and-themes-winforms — user629926, Jul 09 '13 at 18:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '13 at 17:53

I use a Panel to treat as a ListViewItem and drawing on this panel to demonstrate what should be done, it looks almost like the focused entry in a ListView used in Windows 7.

private void panel1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
    {            
        using (System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush brush = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush(panel1.ClientRectangle, Color.FromArgb(100, 204, 222,246), Color.FromArgb(190,220,255) , 90))
        {
            e.Graphics.FillRectangle(brush,new Rectangle(2,2,panel1.ClientSize.Width - 4, panel1.ClientSize.Height - 4));
        }
        ControlPaint.DrawBorder(e.Graphics, panel1.ClientRectangle, Color.FromArgb(133, 164, 202), ButtonBorderStyle.Solid);
        ControlPaint.DrawBorder(e.Graphics, new Rectangle(1,1, panel1.ClientSize.Width - 2, panel1.ClientSize.Height - 2), 
            Color.FromArgb(100,220,240,255), 1, ButtonBorderStyle.Solid,
            Color.White, 1, ButtonBorderStyle.Solid,
            Color.FromArgb(100,220,240,255), 1, ButtonBorderStyle.Solid,
            Color.FromArgb(100,204,222,250), 1, ButtonBorderStyle.Solid);
        StringFormat sf = new StringFormat() { LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center };
        e.Graphics.DrawString("I love .NET", panel1.Font, Brushes.Black, panel1.ClientRectangle, sf);
    }

And here is the screen shot to compare the both entries: enter image description here

Draw system focus rectangle c#

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