Getting value of selected item in list box as string

Question

I am trying to get the value of the selected item in the listbox using the code below  but it is always returning null string   DataSet ds   searchforPrice Convert ToString listBox1 SelectedItem      Here I am trying to pass the value of selected item as string to method searchforPrice to retrive dataset from the database   How can i retrive the value of selected item as string   I am adding items to listbox from combo box which in turn loads the items from the database    listBox1 Items Add comboBox2 Text       Anybody has answer for this

User · Answer

Elaborating on previous answer by Pir Fahim, he's right but i'm using selectedItem.Text (only way to make it work to me)

Use the SelectedIndexChanged() event to store the data somewhere. In my case, i usually fill a custom class, something like:

class myItem {
    string name {get; set;}
    string price {get; set;}
    string desc {get; set;}
}

private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     myItem selected_item = new myItem();
     selected_item.name  = listBox1.SelectedItem.Text;
     Retrieve (selected_item.name);
}

And then you can retrieve the rest of data from a List of "myItems"..

myItem Retrieve (string wanted_item) {
    foreach (myItem item in my_items_list) {
        if (item.name == wanted_item) {
               // This is the selected item
               return item; 
        }
    }
    return null;
}

User · Answer

The correct solution seems to be   string text     ListBoxItem ListBox1 SelectedItem  Content ToString     Please be sure to use  Content and not  Name

User · Answer

If you are using ListBox in your application and you want to return the selected value of ListBox and display it in a Label or any thing else then use this code  it will help you   private void listBox1 SelectedIndexChanged object sender  EventArgs e                 label1 Text    listBox1 SelectedItem ToString

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Get FullName in ListBox of files  full path  list  Thomas Levesque answer modificaton  thanks Thomas                string tmpStr               foreach  var item in listBoxFiles SelectedItems                        tmpStr    listBoxFiles GetItemText item      n                     MessageBox Show tmpStr

User · Answer

If you want to retrieve the item selected from listbox  here is the code     String SelectedItem   listBox1 SelectedItem Value

User · Answer

If you want to retrieve your value from an list box you should try this   String itemSelected   numberListBox GetItemText numberListBox SelectedItem

User · Answer

To retreive the value of all selected item in    listbox you can cast selected item in DataRowView and then select column where your data is   foreach object element in listbox SelectedItems        DataRowView row    DataRowView element      MessageBox Show row 0

User · Answer

If you want to retrieve the display text of the item  use the GetItemText method   string text   listBox1 GetItemText listBox1 SelectedItem

User · Answer

string textValue     ListBoxItem listBox1 SelectedItem  Content ToString

User · Answer

You can Use This One To get the selected ListItme Name     String selectedItem     ListBoxItem ListBox SelectedItem  Name ToString      Make sure that Your each ListBoxItem have a Name property

[c#] Getting value of selected item in list box as string

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