ComboBoxEdit.EditValue Property

public override object EditValue { get; set; }

Overrides Public Property EditValue As Object

Property value

The EditValue property specifies the edit value of the editor. The edit value matches the value of the SelectedItem property.

When the end-user selects a value from the dropdown window, the object corresponding to the selected item is assigned to SelectedItem.

The difference between EditValue and SelectedItem is that EditValue can accept any value while SelectedItem can be set only to an object existing in the item collection.

Items in the RepositoryItemComboBox.Items colection can be of any type. After you change the edit value, the combo box editor looks through elements in the RepositoryItemComboBox.Items collection and tries to find an item matching the edit value. If the item is found, its index is assigned to the SelectedIndex property. Otherwise, SelectedIndex is set to -1.

Note: to ensure proper functionality for the editor, items in the RepositoryItemComboBox.Items collection must be unique objects.