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user896692
user896692

Reputation: 2371

Find string in combobox and show it

I thought this would be easy, but now I don´t know how to do it exactly. In a WPF-application, i go from one window to another by clicking a contextmenu-item. My constructor for the new window looks like this: 

    public Bearbeitung(int loginid, String art)

On the Window, there´s a checkbox filled with a list. What I want is, that the default selected item in my checkbox is art. Ok, I checked if the String is in the list, but now I don´t know how to set it to the selecteditem in the combobox.

How can I manage this?

EDIT: I already tried

combobox.SelectedItem = art;

...that doesn´t work!

EDIT2:

Here´s the code: 

      List<String> feld = new List<string>();
      feld = agrep.GetFelder(loginid);
      foreach (String s in feld)
      {
          cbFeld.Items.Add(s);
      }
      if (cbFeld.Items.Contains(art))
       {
           MessageBox.Show("It contains it");
           cbFeld.SelectedItem = art;
       }

The messagebox isn´t shown!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6348

Answers (4)

user896692
user896692

Reputation: 2371

Ok, I just solve it. The problem was, that when I give the string to the other window, a blank has been added. Thanks to you all!

Upvotes: 0

gaurawerma
gaurawerma

Reputation: 1826

try

cbFeld.Text = art;

this should work.

Upvotes: 0

brunnerh
brunnerh

Reputation: 185553

If your ComboBox only contains strings you should be able to just set the SelectedItem

cb.SelectedItem = art;

If it does not only contain strings you might want to change that, e.g.

cb.ItemsSource = new string[] { "Item 1", "Item 2" };

If you have complex objects you will want to set the SelectedValue and SelectedValuePath instead.

Upvotes: 0

Heinzi
Heinzi

Reputation: 172478

If the list items are just strings, you can simply do

myComboBox.SelectedItem = art;

Upvotes: 2

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