Silverlight - how do I get the text of the selected item in a combobox

Question

Easy one for you all...

I\'m new to Silverlight and really missing stuff like DataTables and things. What I\'m also currently struggling with is how to get the text

Answer 1

The selected item of your combo box is whatever type of item is currently holding. So if you set the binding to a collection of strings, then the selected item will be a string:

string mySelectedValue = ((string)MyComboBox.SelectedItem);

If it is a more complex object you will need to cast and use the expected object. If you have XAML using the list box item class, like:

Then you would access the selected item like this:

string mySelectedValue = 
  ((TextBlock)((ComboBoxItem)MyComboBox.SelectedItem).Content).Text;