ComboBox.SelectedText doesn't give me the SelectedText

c#, combobox, string, winforms

Solution

I think you want to use

String status = "The status of my combobox is " + comboBoxTest.Text

SelectedText property from MSDN

Gets or sets the text that is selected in the editable portion of a ComboBox.

while Text property from MSDN

Gets or sets the text associated with this control.

Problem

I am building a String and the code looks like ``` String status = "The status of my combobox is " + comboBoxTest.SelectedText ``` I am using WinForm in VS2010 The result looks like "The status of my combobox is "

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