Binding an enum to a WinForms combo box, and then setting it

Question

a lot of people have answered the question of how to bind an enum to a combo box in WinForms. Its like this:

comboBox1.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyE         


        

Answer 1

The Enum

public enum Status { Active = 0, Canceled = 3 }; 

Setting the drop down values from it

cbStatus.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Status));

Getting the enum from the selected item

Status status; 
Enum.TryParse<Status>(cbStatus.SelectedValue.ToString(), out status); 

Answer 2

Old question perhaps here but I had the issue and the solution was easy and simple, I found this http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/1220/

It makes use of the databining and works nicely so check it out.

Answer 3

public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    comboBox.DataSource = EnumWithName<SearchType>.ParseEnum();
    comboBox.DisplayMember = "Name";
}

public class EnumWithName<T>
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public T Value { get; set; }

    public static EnumWithName<T>[] ParseEnum()
    {
        List<EnumWithName<T>> list = new List<EnumWithName<T>>();

        foreach (object o in Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)))
        {
            list.Add(new EnumWithName<T>
            {
                Name = Enum.GetName(typeof(T), o).Replace('_', ' '),
                Value = (T)o
            });
        }

        return list.ToArray();
    }
}

public enum SearchType
{
    Value_1,
    Value_2
}

Answer 4

comboBox1.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyEnum));

comboBox1.SelectedIndex = (int)MyEnum.Something;

comboBox1.SelectedIndex = Convert.ToInt32(MyEnum.Something);

Both of these work for me are you sure there isn't something else wrong?

Answer 5

That was always a problem. if you have a Sorted Enum, like from 0 to ...

public enum Test
      one
      Two
      Three
 End

you can bind names to combobox and instead of using .SelectedValue property use .SelectedIndex

   Combobox.DataSource = System.Enum.GetNames(GetType(test))

and the

Dim x as byte = 0
Combobox.Selectedindex=x

Answer 6

In Framework 4 you can use the following code:

To bind MultiColumnMode enum to combobox for example:

cbMultiColumnMode.Properties.Items.AddRange(typeof(MultiColumnMode).GetEnumNames());

and to get selected index:

MultiColumnMode multiColMode = (MultiColumnMode)cbMultiColumnMode.SelectedIndex;

note: I use DevExpress combobox in this example, you can do the same in Win Form Combobox