UWP C# ComboBox & the SelectedItem.ToString();

Question

Ok, so... I want to reach the text inside one of the item from the ComboBox, but when I use SelectedItem.ToString() gives me weird Microsoft text, like an error or something.

So, How can I reach content of a selected ComboBox item.

The ComboBox item content of a one of the item won't work for me, since it will give me a tremendously lot of code and work.

Answer 1

Hi @VoyTec ,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

You will get a string of Microsoft.xx.xx, indicating that you use some specific types, such as FontFamily in the official document, use SelectedItem.ToString() will get Windows.UI.Xaml.Media.FontFamily.

Please refer to the following code for the correct and simple way.

Page.xaml

<ComboBox  x:Name="TestCombo" Header="Choose" Height="44" Width="296"   
          ItemsSource="{x:Bind datas}"  SelectionChanged="TestCombo_SelectionChanged">           
 </ComboBox>  

Page.xaml.cs

  ObservableCollection<string> datas = new ObservableCollection<string>();  

    public MainPage()  
    {  
        this.InitializeComponent();  

        datas.Add("Hello");  
        datas.Add("Hello World");  
        datas.Add("Hello New World");  
    }  

    private void TestCombo_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)  
    {  
        string strSelected = e.AddedItems[0].ToString();  
        Debug.WriteLine(strSelected);  
    }  

Thank you
Junjie