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Hi, I want to select the combo box by clicking the button like this

orbStyleRibbonComboBox.SelectedIndex = "blablabla";


However, the error
CS0029 Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'int'
showed up. I have no idea why.

What I have tried:

Try changing
orbStyleRibbonComboBox.SelectedIndex = "blablabla";
to
orbStyleRibbonComboBox.SelectedIndex == "blablabla";
and
orbStyleRibbonComboBox.SelectedIndex = 'blablabla';
but I can't...
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Updated 16-Oct-20 1:26am

SelectedIndex is an int, it represents the index of the item to select so 0 for first, 1 for second etc so you can't assign a string to it. If you want to select based on the text value use

C#
orbStyleRibbonComboBox.SelectedText = "blablabla";
 
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The ComboBox.SelectedIndex property[^] is an int value - you cannot assign any string (even one containing a number like "123") to it. Only integers are allowed:
C#
orbStyleRibbonComboBox.SelectedIndex = 0;
Or
C#
orbStyleRibbonComboBox.SelectedIndex = i + 3;


Have you considered the ComboBox.SelectedText Property[^] instead?
 
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