previously selected item in QListView retains light blue background as long as mouse is over app

[Joachim W]

After adding and selecting a new item in a QListView, the new item receives dark blue background as it should, but the background of the previously selected item goes from dark blue to light blue whereas I need and expect it to go to white. Remarkably, it does go to white if the mouse pointer is taken away from the Qt app (which prevents me from taking a screenshot).

To add and select the new item, I do in the model

    beginInsertRows({}, row, row);
    // append new item to list model
    endInsertRows();
    emit ListChanged();

and in the list view constructor, I did something like

    connect(model, &Model::ListChanged, [this] {
        selectionModel()->clearSelection();
        selectionModel()->select(model->index(model->currentIndex(), 0),
                                 QItemSelectionModel::Select);
    });

It all works except for the weird light blue background. I have no clue where it originates.

I removed my entire stylesheet - the dark and light blue backgrounds stay.

[Chris Kawa]

@Joachim-W It's probably the highlight of the current item. Yes, current item and selection are not the same thing. Try adding QItemSelectionModel::Current to your select call to also change the current item.
Also, you don't need to separate clearing and selection, you can just use QItemSelectionModel::ClearAndSelect to do both in one call.