Sorry for being annoying I just dont want to waste your time. I guess my question is how can I use something like above but just to change background and foreground color, so scrap the alternating. And change it so i can put in page.resources or better resource dictionary, and easily apply across all my combos?

 Hi Andrew

I have this style, its crappy but good example. I can work on it. Do you know how I can change to be applied globally so to speak - I mean like put into a page.resources or a resource dictonary. I cant repeat on each combo would be bad programming but when i put into page resources i get error?

Thanks in advance. Just trying to safe time. best to ask the guru's

<igEditors:XamComboEditor.ComboBoxStyle>
             <Style TargetType="ComboBox">
                 <Style.Resources>
                     <AlternationConverter x:Key="BackgroundConverter">
                         <SolidColorBrush Color="Blue" />
                         <SolidColorBrush Color="Red" />
                     </AlternationConverter>
      
                     <Style TargetType="ComboBoxItem" x:Key="alternatingItem">
                         <Setter Property="Background"
                             Value="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self},
                             Path=(ItemsControl.AlternationIndex),
                             Converter={StaticResource BackgroundConverter}}"/>
                     </Style>
                 </Style.Resources>
                
                 <Setter Property="ItemContainerStyle" Value="{StaticResource alternatingItem}" />
                 <Setter Property="AlternationCount" Value="2" />
             </Style>
         </igEditors:XamComboEditor.ComboBoxStyle>

Thanks Andrew. That is what I meant foreground and background same colour for items. To make matters worse the only WPF program that snoop doesnt work on is the one I need it too. Its built upon a large codeplex project.

Is there any way that I can style the ComboBoxItem so that it doesnt inherit? Do you a small example? Im pretty desperate to get over this before saturday so i can get on with the project ;$