Bind a Dictionary to Combobox

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Hi friends...

Whats the best way to bind a Dictionary to COmbobox?
I have used this...

C#

Dictionary<string,string> ldict = new Dictionary<string,string>();
ldict.Add("English", "En.dll");
ldict.Add("German", "Ge.dll");
ldict.Add("French", "Fr.dll");
comboBox2.DataSource = ldict.ToList();
               comboBox2.ValueMember = "Value";
               comboBox2.DisplayMember = "Key";

combobox2.SelectedValue gives me the correct selected value.... But I cannot get the Selected Key...
If I call combobox2.SelectedItem It returns the whole Dictionary object....
Please suggest me what should I do...

Thanks

Posted 12-Aug-13 22:06pm

Yesudasan Moses

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Pheonyx 13-Aug-13 4:16am

What exactly is your issue? Why do you need the key if you have the selected value?

Yesudasan Moses 13-Aug-13 4:19am

Two things I am doing when people change the language...
1. Change the Language of UI = Path ie, value is needed
2. setting the selected Language as Default in Database,, = Key is needed for comparing the row in db...

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Pheonyx · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-12T22:22:00

I would do the following:

C#

Dictionary<string,string> ldict = new Dictionary<string,string>();
ldict.Add("English", "En.dll");
ldict.Add("German", "Ge.dll");
ldict.Add("French", "Fr.dll");
comboBox2.DataSource = ldict.ToList();
               comboBox2.ValueMember = "Key";
               comboBox2.DisplayMember = "Key";

Then in the select change you can get the value from the dictionary using the key that has been selected. There is probably a better way but I'm not sure what it would be.