Problem adding ComboBoxItems

Question

Hi I am trying to create and add some ComboBoxItems to a ComboBox. foreach (var type in deviceTypes) { ComboBoxItem cbi = new ComboBoxItem(); cbi.Content = type.TypeName; cbi.Tag = device.ID; devicesComboBox.Items.Add(cbi); } The problem is that the ComboBox displays a lot more info than I'd like to: How can I make it display only the 'Personal Computer' part? I know there are other ways to add items to a ComboBox but I need every ComboBoxItem to store two values: a string value to show in the ComboBox and an int value which I store using the Tag property. I need this int value for further use so unfortunately ignoring it is not an option. So... is there any way to properly display the ComboBox items?

Daniel Vlasceanu · Answer

Thank you Crish! I finally managed to get what I wanted. foreach ( var dt in deviceTypes) { devicesComboBox.Items.Add( new MyClass{ TypeName = dt ID = d.ID }); } devicesComboBox.DisplayMember = TypeName ; int id = ((MyClass) devicesCombobox.SelectedItem).ID; ... public class MyClass { public string TypeName { get ; set ;} public int ID { get ; set ; } }

Crish · Answer

Hi you can refer this code to add item in combobox. comboBox1.Items.Add(new Item(Blue 1)); comboBox1.Items.Add(new Item(Red 2)); comboBox1.Items.Add(new Item(Nobugz 666));

Daniel Vlasceanu · Answer

Thank you for your answer but please show me how can I use the DisplayMember property of the ComboBox to store and access BOTH values for each ComboBoxItem. This is ridiculous. There are explicit ways to 'manually' create customize and add ComboBoxItem objects to ComboBoxes but you can't use them? It works just fine in WPF/C# projects... What am I missing?

Subhendu De · Answer

Use DisplayMember property of combobox.