Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/manager/chooser/UIChooserItemGlobal.cpp
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/manager/chooser/UIChooserItemGlobal.cpp	(revision 74687)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/manager/chooser/UIChooserItemGlobal.cpp	(revision 74688)
@@ -588,5 +588,5 @@
     {
         /* Prepare color: */
-        QColor backgroundColor = pal.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Highlight);
+        const QColor backgroundColor = pal.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Highlight);
         /* Draw gradient: */
         QLinearGradient bgGrad(rectangle.topLeft(), rectangle.bottomLeft());
@@ -599,5 +599,5 @@
     {
         /* Prepare color: */
-        QColor backgroundColor = pal.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Highlight);
+        const QColor backgroundColor = pal.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Highlight);
         /* Draw gradient: */
         QLinearGradient bgGrad(rectangle.topLeft(), rectangle.bottomLeft());
@@ -611,5 +611,5 @@
 #ifdef VBOX_WS_MAC
         /* Prepare color: */
-        QColor backgroundColor = pal.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Mid);
+        const QColor backgroundColor = pal.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Mid);
         /* Draw gradient: */
         QLinearGradient bgGrad(rectangle.topLeft(), rectangle.bottomLeft());
@@ -619,10 +619,7 @@
 #else
         /* Prepare color: */
-        QColor backgroundColor = pal.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Mid);
+        QColor backgroundColor = pal.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::Mid).lighter(155);
         /* Draw gradient: */
-        QLinearGradient bgGrad(rectangle.topLeft(), rectangle.bottomLeft());
-        bgGrad.setColorAt(0, backgroundColor.lighter(m_iDefaultLightnessMax));
-        bgGrad.setColorAt(1, backgroundColor.lighter(m_iDefaultLightnessMin));
-        pPainter->fillRect(rectangle, bgGrad);
+        pPainter->fillRect(rectangle, backgroundColor);
 #endif
     }