Getting content value from combo box on C#

Question

can we retrieve the content from combobox without data binding? This is my xaml code

 <ComboBox x:Name="Choice" Header="Choice your eating time" PlaceholderText="Pilih" Width="200" SelectionChanged="Choice_SelectionChanged">
            <ComboBoxItem Content="Breakfast" />
            <ComboBoxItem Content="Lunch" />
            <ComboBoxItem Content="Dinner"/>
 </ComboBox>

I tried with choice.SelectedItem.ToString() but the result will be Windows.UI.XAML.ComboBox, not the content of combobox. I want to pass it into listbox and when I used choice.SelectedValue.ToString() it contain same result with SelectedItem.

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4902039/difference-between-selecteditem-selectedvalue-and-selectedvaluepath — Thomas Weller, Nov 24 '16 at 13:11
@ThomasWeller, I understand the differences between SelectedItems, SelectedIndex, and SelectedValue, I tried to pass it to listbox and it shows Windows.UI.Xaml.ComboBox (I'm forgot the result). — Olivia Olga Clarissa, Nov 24 '16 at 14:00

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 24 '16 at 13:40

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@Olivia Olga Clarissa try this ..

Text = ((ComboBoxItem)Choice.SelectedItem).Content.ToString();

or

var comboBoxItem = Choice.Items[Choice.SelectedIndex] as ComboBoxItem;
if (comboBoxItem != null)
{
    string selectedcmb = comboBoxItem.Content.ToString();
}

answered Nov 24 '16 at 13:40

Mohit Solanki

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Thank you for your help! I tried the first one and it's working now. I used for passes to listbox. – Olivia Olga Clarissa Nov 24 '16 at 13:56

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 24 '16 at 13:27

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use choice.SelectedItem.Content, in case you are not seeing the property, cast it to ((ContentControl)choice.SelectedItem).Content

answered Nov 24 '16 at 13:27

Vilsad P P

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Getting content value from combo box on C#

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