Can anyone tell me how to get the selected item of a ComboBox to a string variable?
string selected = cmbbox.SelectedItem.ToString();
MessageBox.Show(selected);
This gives me System.Data.DataRowView in my MessageBox
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Try this:
string selected = this.ComboBox.GetItemText(this.ComboBox.SelectedItem);
MessageBox.Show(selected);
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5Is there a reason to prefer this over `this.ComboBox.Text`? – Mike E Jan 08 '15 at 18:35
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6@Mike E: Yes, there is a reason. ComboBox.Text gets or sets the text associated with this control (has nothing in common with selected item): http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/system.windows.forms.combobox.text%28v=vs.110%29.aspx – Leo Chapiro Jan 08 '15 at 19:08
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1@LeoChapiro Regarding the `ComboBox.Text` property, according to Microsoft documentation it says: "The string of the currently selected item." – Simple May 06 '21 at 19:36
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2@Simple Microsoft documentation is unfortunately Microsoft documentation, i.e. frequently wrong and misleading. You put this in a SelectionChanged callback and SelectedIndex and SelectedItem will reflect the change. Text will not. – Paul Childs Jul 14 '21 at 03:25
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2023 Update...
You can use as below:
string selected = comboBox.selectedItem.ToString();
or
string selected = comboBox.SelectedText;
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var selected = cmbbox.GetItemText(cmbbox.Text);
MessageBox.Show(selected);
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1Why use the `Text` property instead of `SelectedItem` as in [the accepted answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/15186131/150605)? – Lance U. Matthews Aug 22 '22 at 18:09
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This did work for me, i guess it would be a preference thing. i Could not get the results as in the accepted answer. – Benny Cruger Aug 23 '22 at 19:18
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This also works: CombBoxItem comboBoxItem = comboBox.SelectedItem as ComboBoxItem string text = comboBoxItem.content.ToString();
