diff --git a/share/themes/Kali-Dark/gtk-3.0/gtk.css b/share/themes/Kali-Dark/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
index acf892d0..c1c74476 100644
--- a/share/themes/Kali-Dark/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
+++ b/share/themes/Kali-Dark/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
@@ -5249,7 +5249,7 @@ filechooser placessidebar.sidebar,
   padding: 0 5px;
   background: #23252e;
   border-left: 1px solid #0d0e11; }
-  #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:hover {
+  #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:hover, #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:active, #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:selected {
     background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.27);
     color: inherit; }
 
diff --git a/share/themes/Kali-Light/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark.css b/share/themes/Kali-Light/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark.css
index acf892d0..c1c74476 100644
--- a/share/themes/Kali-Light/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark.css
+++ b/share/themes/Kali-Light/gtk-3.0/gtk-dark.css
@@ -5249,7 +5249,7 @@ filechooser placessidebar.sidebar,
   padding: 0 5px;
   background: #23252e;
   border-left: 1px solid #0d0e11; }
-  #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:hover {
+  #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:hover, #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:active, #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:selected {
     background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.27);
     color: inherit; }
 
diff --git a/share/themes/Kali-Light/gtk-3.0/gtk.css b/share/themes/Kali-Light/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
index 421d057b..96cc1426 100644
--- a/share/themes/Kali-Light/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
+++ b/share/themes/Kali-Light/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
@@ -5270,7 +5270,7 @@ filechooser placessidebar.sidebar,
   padding: 0 5px;
   background: #ffffff;
   border-left: 1px solid #d9d9d9; }
-  #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:hover {
+  #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:hover, #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:active, #whiskermenu-window scrolledwindow treeview:selected {
     background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.07);
     color: inherit; }
 
diff --git a/src/themes/Kali/sass/gtk-sass/_applications.scss b/src/themes/Kali/sass/gtk-sass/_applications.scss
index 69562f15..ca29807a 100644
--- a/src/themes/Kali/sass/gtk-sass/_applications.scss
+++ b/src/themes/Kali/sass/gtk-sass/_applications.scss
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ filechooser,
     background: $bg_color;
     border-left: 1px solid $borders_color;
 
-    &:hover {
+    &:hover, &:active, &:selected {
       background-color: transparentize($shadow_color, 0.03);
       color: inherit;
     }