diff --git a/examples/example1/main.d b/examples/example1/main.d
index ac7e3ec0..24ad9f60 100644
--- a/examples/example1/main.d
+++ b/examples/example1/main.d
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
     	string i18nDir = exePath() ~ "..\\res\\i18n\\";
 	} else {
     	string resourceDir = exePath() ~ "../../res/";
-    	string i18nDir = exePath() ~ "../res/i18n/";
+    	string i18nDir = exePath() ~ "../../res/i18n/";
 	}
     string[] imageDirs = [
         resourceDir
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
 
         tabs.addTab(layout, "Tab 1"d);
 
-        static if (false) {
+        static if (true) {
             ListWidget list = new ListWidget("tab2", Orientation.Vertical);
             WidgetListAdapter listAdapter = new WidgetListAdapter();
-            for (int i = 0; i < 3000; i++)
-                listAdapter.widgets.add((new TextWidget()).text("List item "d ~ to!dstring(i)));
+            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
+                listAdapter.widgets.add((new TextWidget()).text("List item "d ~ to!dstring(i)).styleId("LIST_ITEM"));
             list.ownAdapter = listAdapter;
             list.layoutWidth(FILL_PARENT).layoutHeight(FILL_PARENT);
-            tabs.addTab(list, "Lists"d);
+            tabs.addTab(list, "Long List"d);
         }
 
         tabs.addTab((new TextWidget()).id("tab3").textColor(0x00802000).text("Tab 3 contents"), "Tab 3"d);
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
index 1bc2930a..bd1883f8 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
@@ -674,6 +674,9 @@ Theme createDefaultTheme() {
 
     Style poopupMenu = res.createSubstyle("POPUP_MENU").backgroundImageId("popup_menu_background_normal");
 
+    Style listItem = res.createSubstyle("LIST_ITEM");
+    listItem.createState(State.Selected, State.Selected).backgroundColor(0xC04040FF).textColor(0x000000);
+
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
index 1f3fd303..e67d13d8 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class Widget {
     /// returns widget style id, null if not set
 	@property string styleId() const { return _styleId; }
     /// set widget style id
-    @property void styleId(string id) { _styleId = id; }
+    @property Widget styleId(string id) { _styleId = id; return this; }
     /// get margins (between widget bounds and its background)
     @property Rect margins() const { return style.margins; }
     /// set margins for widget - override one from style