Can't get Value from ComboBox

Question

I have a simple comboBox with some Value/Text items in it. I have using ComboBox.DisplayMember and ComboBox.ValueMember to correctly set the value/text. When I try to get th

Answer 1

To avoid having to create a new class for all your comboboxes I would suggest you just use a KeyValuePair like in the following example:

cbPlayer1.ValueMember = "Value";
cbPlayer1.DisplayMember = "Key";

cbPlayer1.DataSource = new List>()
{new KeyValuePair("3","This should have the value of 3")};

You still need to cast the selected value

string selectedValue = (string)cbPlayer1.SelectedValue;

MessageBox.Show(selectedValue);