This bitfield enumeration can specify the various styles with which you should paint an item in an owner draw operation (e.g., with or without Focus , Checked , etc.) See DrawItemEventArgs for more information on owner draw. public enum DrawItemState { None = 0x00000000 , Selected = 0x00000001 , Grayed = 0x00000002 , Disabled = 0x00000004 , Checked = 0x00000008 , Focus = 0x00000010 , Default = 0x00000020 , HotLight = 0x00000040 , Inactive = 0x00000080 , NoAccelerator = 0x00000100 , NoFocusRect = 0x00000200 , ComboBoxEdit = 0x00001000 } HierarchySystem.Object System.ValueType System.Enum(System.IComparabl, System.IFormattable , System.IConvertible) DrawItemState Returned ByDrawItemEventArgs.State Passed ToDrawItemEventArgs.DrawItemEventArgs() , StatusBarDrawItemEventArgs.StatusBarDrawItemEventArgs() |