Silverlight: how to select items in a combobox

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Hello all,

I have a ComboBox with static data in silverlight. My code is as follows:

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<ComboBox Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="4" Height="23" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="comboBox1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="120">
           <ComboBox.Items>
           <ComboBoxItem  Content="ASX_D"></ComboBoxItem>
           <ComboBoxItem Content="FOREX_D"></ComboBoxItem>
           <ComboBoxItem Content="FOREX_H"></ComboBoxItem>
           <ComboBoxItem Content="FUTERE_H"></ComboBoxItem>
           <ComboBoxItem Content="FUTURE_D"></ComboBoxItem>
           <ComboBoxItem Content="TRADE_H"></ComboBoxItem>
           </ComboBox.Items>
       </ComboBox>

I want to pick the selecteditem from combobox on a button click.
i am using:

string st=comboBox1.SelectedItem.ToString();

but it return System.Windows.Controls.ComboBoxItem
Please suggest to me how to pick the selected items of a combobox.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Posted 21-Apr-11 18:56pm

Rohit from Delhi

Updated 22-Apr-11 0:33am

Slacker007

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var itemType = MyCombBox.SelectedItem.GetType();
var pi = itemType.GetProperty(MyCombBox.DisplayMemberPath);
var stringValue = pi.GetValue(MyCombBox.SelectedItem, null).ToString();

Posted 25-Jul-12 23:49pm

atif22

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Nish Nishant · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-22T02:27:00

Solution 1

Perhaps you need:

C#

string st = ((ComboBoxItem)comboBox1.SelectedItem).Content.ToString();

Posted 22-Apr-11 2:27am

Nish Nishant