Clear ComboBox selected text

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I have a ComboBox control with the DropDownStyle properties set to DropDownList  Once there is an item selected  how can I clear the selection from the ComboBox without deleting any Items in it    I d normally use something like that   myComboBox Text Clear      But I can t do that      Any idea how I could clear it

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You could change SelectedIndex property   comboBox1 SelectedIndex   -1

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comboBox1 Text         This is the best and easiest way to set your combo box back to default settings without erasing the contents of the combo box

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The only way I could get it to work   comboBox1 Text         For some reason ionden s solution didn t work for me

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all depend on the configuration  for me works   comboBox SelectedIndex   -1    my configuration  DropDownStyle  DropDownList    text can t be changed for the user

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In c  if you make you comboBox configuration style DropDownList or DropDown then use both of them in this method to clear   ComboBox1 SelectedIndex   -1

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nameofcombobox SelectedItem -1

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This is what you need   comboBox1 ResetText

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Try specifying the actual index of the item you want erase the text from and set it s Text equal to      myComboBox this SelectedIndex  Text       or  myComboBox selectedIndex Text       I don t remember the exact syntax but it s something along those lines

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write the following code   comboBox1 Items comboBox1 SelectedIndex    string Empty

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The following code will work   ComboBox1 SelectedIndex Equals String Empty

[c#] Clear ComboBox selected text

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