How do I set a VB Net ComboBox default value

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I can not locate the correct method to make the first item in a combo box visible   The app starts with an empty combo box  The user makes a radio box selection then clicks Go   how original   The combo box is loaded via an LDAP query  All this is working just fine  The problem is the combo box still appears to the user to be empty  They must click the arrow to see the options    How do I make the first option  visible  after the users clicks Go

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Another good method for setting a DropDownList style combobox   Combox1 SelectedIndex   Combox1 FindStringExact  test1

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You can try this   Me cbo1 Text   Me Cbo1 Items 0  Tostring

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Your code filling the combobox          If myComboBox Items Count  gt  0 Then      myComboBox SelectedIndex   0      The first item has index 0    End If

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OR  you can write this down in your program  Private Sub ComboBoxExp Load ByVal sender As System Object  ByVal e As System EventArgs Handles MyBase Load     AlarmHourSelect Text    YOUR DEFAULT VALUE      AlarmMinuteSelect Text    YOUR DEFAULT VALUE  End Sub   so when you start your program  the first thing it would do is set it on your assigned default value and later you can easily select your required option from the drop down list  also keeping the DropDownStyle to DropDownList would make it look more cooler   -Starkternate

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because you have set index is 0 it shows always 1st value from combobox as input   Try this    With Me ComboBox1      DropDownStyle   ComboBoxStyle DropDown      Text       End With

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If ComboBox1 SelectedIndex   -1 Then     ComboBox1 SelectedIndex   0     End If

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Just go to the combo box properties - DropDownStyle and change it to  DropDownList   This will make visible the first item

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Much simpler solution  Select the Combo-box  and in the option of Selected item  select the item index  0 for the first item  and set it to be the default value in the combo box

[vb.net] How do I set a VB.Net ComboBox default value

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