How to get the TEXT of Datagridview Combobox selected item?

Question

How to get the Combobox selected item text which is inside a DataGridView? I have tried using the below code:

dataGridView1.Rows[1].Cells[1].Value.ToString()

But, this gives the value associated with this cell, not the Combobox selected item text. I also tried this:

DataGridViewComboBoxCell cell = dataGridView1[1,1] as DataGridViewComboBoxCell;
string value = cell.Value.ToString();

But, this also didn't help.

I would appreciate your help. Thanks in advance!

EDIT:

Let's say, we have a Combobox with text as No and Yes and the values as 0 and 1 respectively. What I want to get here's the text Yes or No, when the Combobox is changed. But what I am getting is the values 0/1 using the above codes. Hope that makes things clear.

UPDATE:

Ok, so I have been working on this issue and after lots of efforts and with help from my fellow members, I have been able to resolve the issue and get the required solution:

Here's the solution:

string SelectedText = Convert.ToString(dataGridView1.Rows[0].Cells[1].FormattedValue.ToString());

Answer 1

To get selected value and selected text of Combobox in DataGridView try following Code

string SelectedText = Convert.ToString((DataGridView1.Rows[0].Cells["dgcombocell"] as DataGridViewComboBoxCell).FormattedValue.ToString());
int SelectedVal = Convert.ToInt32(DataGridView1.Rows[0].Cells["dgcombocell"].Value);

Answer 2

I managed to pull that string value out of the cell this way:

DataGridViewComboBoxCell dgvcmbcell = dataGridView1[1, 0] as DataGridViewComboBoxCell;
String text = dgvcmbcell.EditedFormattedValue.ToString();

Easiest way to figure this out is use the debugger and look into the dgvcmdcell object. In this you will find the expandable node "base". Expand it and just look through it and you will find whatever information you need.

Answer 3

To access the currently selected text in the datagridview, you need a reference to the CurrencyManager of the Combobox column. The CurrencyManager has nothing to do with money but instead manages the binding between the the column and it's datasource. The CurrencyManager can tell you what the current selection of the combobox is.

Teh codes:

    CurrencyManager cm = (CurrencyManager)DataGridView1.BindingContext[((System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewComboBoxColumn)DataGridView1.Columns[0]).DataSource];

Note: it is not necessary to cast the column to a combobox, i just did that to show you what column I was passing in. I used index 0 but use whatever index is the actual index of your combobox column.

Now using the currency manager you can access the current selection of the datagrid for that column (because that was the column you passed in).

    cm.Current; //returns the current selection whatever that is

So in my case the datasource of the combobox column was a class called Choice, choice looks like this:

    public class Choice
    {
            public string Text
            {
                get;
                set;
            }
    }

When I access the cm.Current property it will return an instance of the choice class, I can now access the Text property of my choice class to see what value was selected. You will obviously have to adapt this to your particular situation. I hope this helps.

Answer 4

You could Try this :-

dataGridView1.CurrentRow.Cells[0].Value.ToString();

Index the column of the cell you need to look at, whichever is the index of your ComboBoxColumn.