diff --git a/source/gui/widgets/checkbox.cpp b/source/gui/widgets/checkbox.cpp
index 1a73f706..8993a8b7 100644
--- a/source/gui/widgets/checkbox.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/widgets/checkbox.cpp
@@ -129,22 +129,26 @@ namespace checkbox
 		checkbox::checkbox(window wd, bool visible)
 		{
 			create(wd, rectangle(), visible);
+            bgcolor(API::bgcolor(wd));
 		}
 
 		checkbox::checkbox(window wd, const nana::string& text, bool visible)
 		{
 			create(wd, rectangle(), visible);
+            bgcolor(API::bgcolor(wd));
 			caption(text);
 		}
 
 		checkbox::checkbox(window wd, const nana::char_t* text, bool visible)
 		{
 			create(wd, rectangle(), visible);
+            bgcolor(API::bgcolor(wd));
 			caption(text);
 		}
 
 		checkbox::checkbox(window wd, const nana::rectangle& r, bool visible)
 		{
+            bgcolor(API::bgcolor(wd));
 			create(wd, r, visible);
 		}
 
diff --git a/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp b/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp
index ef7a7130..5b2c4ff8 100644
--- a/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/widgets/listbox.cpp
@@ -841,8 +841,11 @@ namespace nana
 					if (pos >= catobj.sorted.size())
 						throw std::out_of_range("listbox: Invalid item position.");
 
-					auto i = std::find(catobj.sorted.begin(), catobj.sorted.end(), pos);
-					return (i != catobj.sorted.end() ? *i : npos);
+                    for (size_type i=0; i<catobj.sorted.size();++i)
+                        if (pos==catobj.sorted[i])
+                            return i;
+					 
+					return   npos ;
 				}
 
 				category_t::container::value_type& at(const index_pair& pos)
@@ -1178,6 +1181,21 @@ namespace nana
 					if (to.is_item())
 						item_proxy(ess_, to).select(sel);
 				}
+				void select_display_range(index_pair fr_abs, index_pair to_dpl, bool sel)
+				{
+					index_pair fr_dpl (fr_abs.cat, this->display_order(fr_abs.cat, fr_abs.item));
+                    if (fr_dpl > to_dpl)
+						std::swap(fr_dpl, to_dpl);
+
+					for (; fr_dpl != to_dpl; forward(fr_dpl, 1, fr_dpl))
+					{
+						if (fr_dpl.is_item())
+							item_proxy(ess_, index_pair(fr_dpl.cat, absolute( fr_dpl ) )).select(sel);
+					}
+
+					if (to_dpl.is_item())
+						item_proxy(ess_, index_pair(to_dpl.cat, absolute( to_dpl ) )).select(sel);
+				}
 
 				bool select_for_all(bool sel)
 				{
@@ -2606,7 +2624,8 @@ namespace nana
 					graph->set_color(bgcolor);
 					graph->rectangle(rectangle{ r.x, y, show_w, essence_->item_size }, true);
 
-					int item_xpos = x;
+					int item_xpos         = x;
+					unsigned extreme_text = x;
 					bool first = true;
 
 					for(auto index : seqs)
@@ -2683,17 +2702,23 @@ namespace nana
 								graph->string(point{ xpos, y + 2 }, STR("..."));
 
 								//Erase the part that over the next subitem.
-								if (index + 1 <= seqs.size())
-                                {	
+								if (index + 1 < seqs.size())
+                                {
                                     graph->set_color(bgcolor);
 								    graph->rectangle(rectangle{item_xpos + static_cast<int>(header.pixels), y + 2, ts.width + ext_w - header.pixels, essence_->item_size - 4}, true);
                                 }
+                                extreme_text = std::max (extreme_text, item_xpos + ext_w + ts.width);
 							}
 						}
 
 						graph->line({ item_xpos - 1, y }, { item_xpos - 1, y + static_cast<int>(essence_->item_size) - 1 }, { 0xEB, 0xF4, 0xF9 });
 
 						item_xpos += header.pixels;
+						if (index + 1 >= seqs.size() && extreme_text > item_xpos)
+                        {
+                            graph->set_color(item.bgcolor);
+							graph->rectangle(rectangle{item_xpos , y + 2, extreme_text - item_xpos, essence_->item_size - 4}, true);
+                        }
 						first = false;
 					}
 
@@ -2916,19 +2941,19 @@ namespace nana
 								if (!lister.single_selection())
 								{
 									if (arg.shift)
-										lister.select_range(lister.last_selected, item_pos, sel);
+										lister.select_display_range(lister.last_selected, item_pos, sel);
 									else if (arg.ctrl)
-										sel = !item_proxy(essence_, item_pos).selected();
+										sel = !item_proxy(essence_, index_pair (item_pos.cat, lister.absolute(item_pos))).selected();  
 									else
 										lister.select_for_all(false);
 								}
 								else
-									sel = !item_proxy(essence_, item_pos).selected();
+									sel = !item_proxy(essence_, index_pair (item_pos.cat, lister.absolute(item_pos))).selected();
 
 								if(item_ptr)
 								{
 									item_ptr->flags.selected = sel;
-									index_pair last_selected(item_pos.cat, lister.absolute(item_pos));
+									index_pair last_selected(item_pos.cat, lister.absolute(item_pos)); 
 
 									arg_listbox arg{item_proxy{essence_, last_selected}, sel};
 									lister.wd_ptr()->events().selected.emit(arg);