Problem adding ComboBoxItems

Daniel Vlasceanu

Hi,

I am trying to create and add some ComboBoxItems to a ComboBox.

foreach (var type in deviceTypes)
                {
                    ComboBoxItem cbi = new ComboBoxItem();
                    cbi.Content = type.TypeName;
                    cbi.Tag = device.ID;
                    devicesComboBox.Items.Add(cbi);
                }

The problem is that the ComboBox displays a lot more info than I'd like to:

ComboBoxItem shows a lot more info

How can I make it display only the 'Personal Computer' part?

I know there are other ways to add items to a ComboBox but I need every ComboBoxItem to store two values: a string value to show in the ComboBox and an int value which I store using the Tag property. I need this int value for further use so unfortunately ignoring it is not an option.

So... is there any way to properly display the ComboBox items?

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Daniel Vlasceanu15y ago

Thank you, Crish!
I finally managed to get what I wanted.

foreach (var dt in deviceTypes)
{
   devicesComboBox.Items.Add(new MyClass{ TypeName = dt, ID = d.ID });
}

devicesComboBox.DisplayMember = "TypeName";
int id = ((MyClass) devicesCombobox.SelectedItem).ID;

...

public class MyClass 
{
   public string TypeName { get; set;}
   public int ID { get ; set; }
}

Crish15y ago
Hi

you can refer this code to add item in combobox.

    comboBox1.Items.Add(new Item("Blue", 1));
    comboBox1.Items.Add(new Item("Red", 2));
    comboBox1.Items.Add(new Item("Nobugz", 666));
Daniel Vlasceanu15y ago
Thank you for your answer, but please, show me how can I use the DisplayMember property of the ComboBox to store and access BOTH values for each ComboBoxItem.

This is ridiculous. There are explicit ways to 'manually' create, customize and add ComboBoxItem objects to ComboBoxes but you can't use them? It works just fine in WPF/C# projects... What am I missing?
Subhendu De15y ago
Use DisplayMember property of combobox.