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POC# ComboBox with Text and Value
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<blockquote> Possible Duplicate: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2023316/c-sharp-winforms-combobox-with-label-and-value">C# Winforms Combobox with Label and Value</a> </blockquote> How would one approach storing a display value and a real value in a ComboBox? Ie, the ComboBox displays: <ul> <li>Destroy World</li> <li>Fire Slingshot</li> <li>Summon Cthulhu</li> </ul> but the values as retrieved are: <ul> <li>dw</li> <li>ss</li> <li>sc</li> </ul> I want to be able to retrieve the value of the selected item in a way similar to this: <pre><code>string selectedValue = combobox1.SelectedValue </code></pre> <h3>Updated code in response to answers:</h3> <pre><code>Dictionary<string, string> filterItems = new Dictionary<string, string> { {"Destroy World", "dw"}, {"Fire Slingshot", "fs"}, {"Summon Cthulu", "sc"}, }; this.options_filterby.DataSource = new BindingSource(filterItems, null); this.options_filterby.DisplayMember = "Key"; this.options_filterby.ValueMember = "Value"; </code></pre> Now for some reason, although the DisplayMembers are absolutely fine, the ValueMembers return dictionary objects. Even stranger, after a while, eventually the ValueMembers will return strings as expected. <pre><code>private void options_filterby_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { MessageBox.Show(options_filterby.SelectedValue.ToString()); } </code></pre> This returns dictionaries for the first few times I change the selected item of the ComboBox, but eventually returns strings as needed. <h3>Update: fixed (can't add as solution because question was closed)</h3> In response to the above problem, the fix is to set the DisplayMember and ValueMember properties before the DataSource. I presume this is a bug. The code should read: <pre><code>this.options_filterby.DisplayMember = "Key"; this.options_filterby.ValueMember = "Value"; this.options_filterby.DataSource = new BindingSource(filterItems, null); </code></pre>
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