How to show text in combobox when no item selected?

Question

C# & .Net 2.0 question (WinForms)

I have set of items in ComboBox and non of them selected. I would like to show a string on combo \"Pl

Answer 1

Make the Dropdownstyle property of combo box to Dropdown and set the combo box text to "Select" as below

            combobox.DataSource = dsIn.Tables[0];
            combobox.DisplayMember = "Name";
            combobox.ValueMember = "Value";
            combobox.Text = "--Select--";