diff --git a/src/actions/action.ts b/src/actions/action.ts
index f249857f0a..b1b9b9c781 100644
--- a/src/actions/action.ts
+++ b/src/actions/action.ts
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ export abstract class BaseAction extends Base implements IAction {
       !!this.title
     );
   }
+  public get hasSubItems(): boolean {
+    return !!this.items && this.items.length > 0;
+  }
   public getActionBarItemTitleCss(): string {
     return new CssClassBuilder()
       .append(this.cssClasses.itemTitle)
@@ -432,12 +435,14 @@ export class Action extends BaseAction implements IAction, ILocalizableOwner {
   private createLocTitle(): LocalizableString {
     return this.createLocalizableString("title", this, true);
   }
-  public setItems(items: Array<IAction>, onSelectionChanged?: (item: Action, ...params: any[]) => void): void {
+  public setSubItems(options: IListModel): void {
     this.markerIconName = "icon-next_16x16";
     this.component = "sv-list-item-group";
-    this.items = [...items];
+    this.items = [...options.items];
+    const listOptions = Object.assign({}, options);
+    listOptions.searchEnabled = false;
     const popupModel = createPopupModelWithListModel(
-      { items: items, onSelectionChanged: onSelectionChanged, searchEnabled: false },
+      listOptions,
       { horizontalPosition: "right", showPointer: false, canShrink: false }
     );
     popupModel.cssClass = "sv-popup-inner";
diff --git a/src/common-styles/sv-list.scss b/src/common-styles/sv-list.scss
index cb94ed9add..5cad48437e 100644
--- a/src/common-styles/sv-list.scss
+++ b/src/common-styles/sv-list.scss
@@ -177,6 +177,18 @@ li:focus .sv-list__item.sv-list__item--selected {
   }
 }
 
+.sv-list__item.sv-list__item--selected.sv-list__item--group {
+  & > .sv-list__item-body {
+    background-color: $primary-light;
+    color: $font-questiontitle-color;
+    font-weight: 400;
+
+    use {
+      fill: $foreground-light;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 .sv-list__item.sv-list__item--disabled {
   .sv-list__item-body {
     cursor: default;
diff --git a/src/list.ts b/src/list.ts
index 62315532f4..0a68d6ec4a 100644
--- a/src/list.ts
+++ b/src/list.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export let defaultListCss = {
   searchClearButtonIcon: "sv-list__filter-clear-button",
   loadingIndicator: "sv-list__loading-indicator",
   itemSelected: "sv-list__item--selected",
+  itemGroup: "sv-list__item--group",
   itemWithIcon: "sv-list__item--with-icon",
   itemDisabled: "sv-list__item--disabled",
   itemFocused: "sv-list__item--focused",
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ export class ListModel<T extends BaseAction = Action> extends ActionContainer<T>
       .append(this.cssClasses.itemDisabled, this.isItemDisabled(itemValue))
       .append(this.cssClasses.itemFocused, this.isItemFocused(itemValue))
       .append(this.cssClasses.itemSelected, this.isItemSelected(itemValue))
+      .append(this.cssClasses.itemGroup, itemValue.hasSubItems)
       .append(this.cssClasses.itemHovered, itemValue.isHovered)
       .append(this.cssClasses.itemTextWrap, this.textWrapEnabled)
       .append(itemValue.css)
diff --git a/testCafe/components/popup.ts b/testCafe/components/popup.ts
index c64eb7b014..889f42bdcb 100644
--- a/testCafe/components/popup.ts
+++ b/testCafe/components/popup.ts
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ function addDropdownActionWithSubItems(_, opt) {
   for (let index = 0; index < 40; index++) {
     items[index] = new window["Survey"].Action({ id: index, title: "item" + index });
   }
-  items[5].setItems([...subitems], (item) => { let value = item.id; });
+  items[5].setSubItems({ items: [...subitems] });
   items[5].title += " has items";
-  items[6].setItems([...subitems], (item) => { let value = item.id; });
+  items[6].setSubItems({ items: [...subitems] });
   items[6].title += " has items";
 
   const dropdownWithSearchAction = window["Survey"].createDropdownActionModel(
diff --git a/tests/components/actionbartests.ts b/tests/components/actionbartests.ts
index 17dc14c15e..983fd0bd72 100644
--- a/tests/components/actionbartests.ts
+++ b/tests/components/actionbartests.ts
@@ -295,19 +295,19 @@ QUnit.test("Action locTitleName doesn't work correctly, bug#8093", (assert) => {
   survey.locale = "fr";
   assert.equal(action1.title, "Effacer la page", "Clear page fr#2");
 });
-QUnit.test("Action subitems popup canShrink property", function (assert) {
+QUnit.test("Action setSubItems popup canShrink property", function (assert) {
   const action = new Action({ id: "test2", title: "test2" });
   const subitems = [new Action({ id: "test28", title: "test28" }), new Action({ id: "test29", title: "test29" })];
-  (action as Action).setItems(subitems, () => { });
+  (action as Action).setSubItems({ items: subitems });
 
   assert.notOk(action.popupModel.canShrink, "popub model for subitems should not shrink");
 });
 
-QUnit.test("Action setItems popup canShrink property", function (assert) {
+QUnit.test("Action setSubItems popup item click", function (assert) {
   const action = new Action({ id: "test2", title: "test2" });
   const subitems = [new Action({ id: "test28", title: "test28" }), new Action({ id: "test29", title: "test29" })];
   let event = "";
-  (action as Action).setItems(subitems, (item) => { event = item.title; });
+  (action as Action).setSubItems({ items: subitems, onSelectionChanged: (item) => { event = item.title; } });
   action.popupModel.contentComponentData.model.onItemClick(action.items[1]);
   assert.equal(event, "test29");
 });
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diff --git a/tests/listModelTests.ts b/tests/listModelTests.ts
index ea316ba61e..bbdfe2b953 100644
--- a/tests/listModelTests.ts
+++ b/tests/listModelTests.ts
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ QUnit.test("ListModel search in subitems", function (assert) {
   }
 
   const subitems = [new Action({ id: "test28", title: "test28" }), new Action({ id: "test29", title: "test29" })];
-  (items[2] as Action).setItems(subitems, () => { });
+  (items[2] as Action).setSubItems({ items: subitems });
   const list = new ListModel(items, () => { }, true);
   let filteredActions;
   filteredActions = list.renderedActions.filter(item => list.isItemVisible(item));
diff --git a/tests/markup/etalon_components.ts b/tests/markup/etalon_components.ts
index 57a29f1737..1e1f60595a 100644
--- a/tests/markup/etalon_components.ts
+++ b/tests/markup/etalon_components.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ registerMarkupTests(
               verticalPosition: "bottom", horizontalPosition: "center", items: items,
               onSelectionChanged: (item, ...params) => { }
             });
-          items[1].setItems([{ id: "11", title: "text11" }, { id: "21", title: "text21" }], () => { });
+          items[1].setSubItems({ items: [{ id: "11", title: "text11" }, { id: "21", title: "text21" }] });
           opt.titleActions = [item];
         });
       },
diff --git a/tests/markup/snapshots/list-component-with-subitems.snap.html b/tests/markup/snapshots/list-component-with-subitems.snap.html
index 48a67c636e..e7b800b501 100644
--- a/tests/markup/snapshots/list-component-with-subitems.snap.html
+++ b/tests/markup/snapshots/list-component-with-subitems.snap.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 								<span class="sv-string-viewer">text1</span>
 							</div>
 						</li>
-						<li aria-selected="false" class="sv-list__item" role="option" tabindex="0">
+						<li aria-selected="false" class="sv-list__item sv-list__item--group" role="option" tabindex="0">
 							<div class="sv-list__item-body" style="padding-inline-start:16px;" title="text2">
 								<span class="sv-string-viewer">text2</span>
 								<svg class="sv-list-item__marker-icon sv-svg-icon" role="img" style="height:16px; width:16px;">
diff --git a/visualRegressionTests/tests/defaultV2/etalons/popup-with-subitems-with-selected-elements.png b/visualRegressionTests/tests/defaultV2/etalons/popup-with-subitems-with-selected-elements.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d921430001
Binary files /dev/null and b/visualRegressionTests/tests/defaultV2/etalons/popup-with-subitems-with-selected-elements.png differ
diff --git a/visualRegressionTests/tests/defaultV2/popup.ts b/visualRegressionTests/tests/defaultV2/popup.ts
index 732b89ac83..77803343f7 100644
--- a/visualRegressionTests/tests/defaultV2/popup.ts
+++ b/visualRegressionTests/tests/defaultV2/popup.ts
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ function addDropdownActionWithSubItems(_, opt) {
   for (let index = 0; index < 10; index++) {
     items[index] = new window["Survey"].Action({ id: index, title: "item" + index });
   }
-  items[5].setItems([...subitems], (item) => { let value = item.id; });
+  items[5].setSubItems({ items: [...subitems] });
   items[5].title += " has items";
-  items[6].setItems([...subitems], (item) => { let value = item.id; });
+  items[6].setSubItems({ items: [...subitems] });
   items[6].title += " has items";
 
   const dropdownWithSearchAction = window["Survey"].createDropdownActionModel(
@@ -221,6 +221,37 @@ function addDropdownActionWithSubItems(_, opt) {
   opt.titleActions = [dropdownWithSearchAction];
 }
 
+function addDropdownActionWithSubItemsAndSelectedItems(_, opt) {
+  let subitems: Array<any> = [];
+  for (let index = 0; index < 7; index++) {
+    subitems[index] = { id: index, title: "inner item" + index };
+  }
+
+  let items: Array<any> = [];
+  for (let index = 0; index < 10; index++) {
+    items[index] = new window["Survey"].Action({ id: index, title: "item" + index });
+  }
+  items[5].setSubItems({ items: [...subitems], selectedItem: subitems[3] });
+  items[5].title += " has items";
+  items[6].setSubItems({ items: [...subitems] });
+  items[6].title += " has items";
+
+  const dropdownWithSearchAction = window["Survey"].createDropdownActionModel(
+    { title: "Subitems", showTitle: true },
+    {
+      items: items,
+      showPointer: true,
+      verticalPosition: "bottom",
+      horizontalPosition: "center",
+      selectedItem: items[5],
+      onSelectionChanged: (item, ...params) => {
+        let value = item.id;
+      }
+    }
+  );
+  opt.titleActions = [dropdownWithSearchAction];
+}
+
 frameworks.forEach(framework => {
   fixture`${framework} ${title} ${theme}`
     .page`${url_test}${theme}/${framework}`
@@ -497,7 +528,24 @@ frameworks.forEach(framework => {
         .hover(item5) // show item5Subitems;
         .wait(300);
       await takeElementScreenshot("popup-with-subitems-left.png", titlePopup, t, comparer);
+    });
+  });
+  test("Popup with subitems and selected elements", async t => {
+    await wrapVisualTest(t, async (t, comparer) => {
+      await t.resizeWindow(1300, 650);
 
+      await initSurvey(framework, json, {
+        onGetQuestionTitleActions: addDropdownActionWithSubItemsAndSelectedItems
+      });
+
+      const titlePopup = Selector(".sv-popup.sv-popup--show-pointer");
+      const item5 = getListItemByText("item5 has items").find(".sv-list__item-body");
+
+      await t
+        .click(Selector(".sv-action")) // show action popup
+        .hover(item5) // show item5Subitems
+        .wait(300);
+      await takeElementScreenshot("popup-with-subitems-with-selected-elements.png", titlePopup, t, comparer);
     });
   });
 });
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