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Amokrane Chentir
Amokrane Chentir

Reputation: 30385

C# - How to set a ComboBox selectedItem from specific value?

I have this already populated ComboBox and all I want to do is to set it to a specific selectedItem knowing its value.

I'm trying this, but nothing happens:

comboPublisher.SelectedValue = livre.Editeur;

Considering the fact that I already implemented Equals(..) method in my class Editeur, this way:

  public  bool Equals(IEditeur editeur)
        {
            return (this.Nom == editeur.Nom);
        }

This is how I populate my ComboBox:

foreach (Business.IEditeur editeur in _livreManager.GetPublishers())
        {
            comboPublisher.Items.Add(editeur);
        }

Any idea ?

Thanks !

[EDIT]: This seems to work with : 

comboPublisher.SelectedItem = livre.Editeur;

My Equals method is:

 public override bool Equals(object obj)
        {
            IEditeur editeur = new Editeur();

            if (!(obj is System.DBNull))
            {
                editeur = (IEditeur)obj;
                return (this.Nom == editeur.Nom);
            }

            return false;
        }

Upvotes: 7

Views: 9119

Answers (4)

Anonymous
Anonymous

Reputation: 9648

You need to set DataSources in case of WinForm / ItemsSource in case of WPF to your cobobox then you can use SelectedValue properly.

[Update] Instead of add each item to your combobox directly, you should create collection to hold those items and then set it as your DataSource (WinForm) / ItemsSource (WPF)

foreach (Business.IEditeur editeur in _livreManager.GetPublishers())
{
    //comboPublisher.Items.Add(editeur);
    list.Add(editeur);
}

combobox.ItemsSource = editeur;
combobox.SelectedValuePath = "value_property_name";
combobox.DisplayMemberPath = "display_property_name";

Upvotes: 2

Javier
Javier

Reputation: 4141

In think that you have also to implement IEquatable in Editeur class, but passing an object as argument. Something like this. The rest of your code is fine.

public bool Equals(Editeur other)
{
    return (this.Nom == other.Nom);            
}

public override bool Equals(object obj)
{
    if (obj is Editeur)
    {
        return Equals(obj as Editeur);
    }
    return false;
}

Upvotes: 0

AMissico
AMissico

Reputation: 21684

Set the Text property.

Upvotes: 3

Dave
Dave

Reputation: 15016

you've created a new implementation of Equals that hides the one in Object. Try declaring it with public override bool and see if that helps.

Upvotes: 2

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