How to make selection highlight of list rows with different colors?

hello thomas,

I think We Can Easily do this by using WPF Application:

the complete solution is below:

for Start VS2010 then Add a new project named as <wpf_datagrid_propertytriggers> using a WPF Application:
then Add This Code in MainWindow.xmal

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<Window x:Class="WPF_DataGrid_PropertyTriggers.MainWindow"<br />
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"<br />
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"<br />
        xmlns:src="clr-namespace:WPF_DataGrid_PropertyTriggers"<br />
        Title="MainWindow" Height="382" Width="892"><br />
    <Window.Resources><br />
        <src:EmployeeCollection x:Key="EmpCol"></src:EmployeeCollection><br />
        <Style TargetType="{x:Type DataGridCell}"><br />
            <Style.Triggers><br />
                <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Designation}" Value="Manager"><br />
                    <Setter Property="Background" Value="Green"></Setter><br />
                </DataTrigger><br />
                <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Designation}" Value="Clerk"><br />
                    <Setter Property="Background" Value="Red"></Setter><br />
                </DataTrigger><br />
                <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Designation}" Value="Supervisor"><br />
                    <Setter Property="Background" Value="Chocolate"></Setter><br />
                </DataTrigger><br />
                <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Designation}" Value="Operator"><br />
                    <Setter Property="Background" Value="Magenta"></Setter><br />
                </DataTrigger><br />
            </Style.Triggers><br />
        </Style><br />
    </Window.Resources><br />
    <Grid DataContext="{Binding Source={StaticResource EmpCol}}"><br />
        <DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="True" Height="272" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="43,48,0,0"<br />
                  Name="dgEmp" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="652" ItemsSource="{Binding}"<br />
                   ColumnWidth="*"/><br />
        <TextBlock Height="45" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="132,0,0,0"<br />
                   Name="textBlock1" Text="Employee Infoemation System"<br />
                   VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="467" OpacityMask="#FF930000"<br />
                   FontStyle="Oblique" FontWeight="ExtraBold" FontSize="26" TextWrapping="WrapWithOverflow"<br />
                   TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis" /><br />
        <StackPanel Height="250" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="717,52,0,0" Name="stackPanel1"<br />
                    VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="125"><br />
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"><br />
                <TextBlock Width="80" Text="Manager" FontSize="15"></TextBlock><br />
                <Rectangle Fill="Red" Width="44"></Rectangle><br />
            </StackPanel><br />
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"><br />
                <TextBlock Width="80" Text="Clerk" FontSize="15"></TextBlock><br />
                <Rectangle Fill="Yellow" Width="44"></Rectangle><br />
            </StackPanel><br />
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"><br />
                <TextBlock Width="80" Text="Supervisor" FontSize="15"></TextBlock><br />
                <Rectangle Fill="Chocolate" Width="44"></Rectangle><br />
            </StackPanel><br />
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"><br />
                <TextBlock Width="80" Text="Operator" FontSize="15"></TextBlock><br />
                <Rectangle Fill="Magenta" Width="44"></Rectangle><br />
            </StackPanel><br />
        </StackPanel><br />
        <TextBlock Height="35" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="717,11,0,0" Name="textBlock2" Text="Legend" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="123" FontSize="20" /><br />
    </Grid><br />
</Window><br />
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Now Add A class(.cs file) names As <datafiles.cs>
and Add this below code in that file
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using System;<br />
using System.Collections.Generic;<br />
using System.Linq;<br />
using System.Text;<br />
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;<br />
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namespace WPF_DataGrid_PropertyTriggers<br />
{<br />
    public class Employee<br />
    {<br />
        public int EmpNo { get; set; }<br />
        public string EmpName { get; set; }<br />
        public string DeptName { get; set; }<br />
        public string Designation { get; set; }<br />
        public int Experience { get; set; }<br />
        public int Salary { get; set; }<br />
    }<br />
<br />
    public class EmployeeCollection : ObservableCollection<Employee><br />
    {<br />
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        public EmployeeCollection()<br />
        {<br />
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            Add(new Employee() { EmpNo = 101, EmpName = "Ramesh", DeptName = "IT", Designation = "Manager", Experience = 15, Salary = 300000 });<br />
            Add(new Employee() { EmpNo = 102, EmpName = "Ajay", DeptName = "Accts", Designation = "Clerk", Experience = 12, Salary = 200000 });<br />
            Add(new Employee() { EmpNo = 103, EmpName = "Atul", DeptName = "Tech", Designation = "Supervisor", Experience = 10, Salary = 400000 });<br />
            Add(new Employee() { EmpNo = 104, EmpName = "Narayan", DeptName = "Hrd", Designation = "Supervisor", Experience = 14, Salary = 400000 });<br />
            Add(new Employee() { EmpNo = 105, EmpName = "Baban", DeptName = "Hrd", Designation = "Manager", Experience = 18, Salary = 300000 });<br />
            Add(new Employee() { EmpNo = 106, EmpName = "Mandar", DeptName = "IT", Designation = "Operator", Experience = 12, Salary = 200000 });<br />
            Add(new Employee() { EmpNo = 107, EmpName = "Suraj", DeptName = "Accts", Designation = "Operator", Experience = 22, Salary = 200000 });<br />
            Add(new Employee() { EmpNo = 108, EmpName = "Chaitanya", DeptName = "Tech", Designation = "Supervisor", Experience = 13, Salary = 400000 });<br />
            Add(new Employee() { EmpNo = 109, EmpName = "Anand", DeptName = "Tech", Designation = "Manager", Experience = 16, Salary = 300000 });<br />
            Add(new Employee() { EmpNo = 110, EmpName = "Kapil", DeptName = "Hrd", Designation = "Clerk", Experience = 10, Salary = 200000 });<br />
        }<br />
    }<br />
}<br />
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After This Start Debugging your project.
you will get the window with different colors rows on role basis..