As I have been struggling a bit with the way $GUI_BKCOLOR_LV_ALTERNATE works (couldn't find an example in the help file or the forum) I post a reproducer script for future reference so you can see how it works: #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <ListViewConstants.au3> GUICreate("listview items", 220, 250, 100, 200, -1) Local $idListview = GUICtrlCreateListView("col1 |col2|col3 ", 10, 10, 200, 150) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_LV_ALTERNATE) ; alt