Why can't I select a null value in a ComboBox?

Question

In WPF, it seems to be impossible to select (with the mouse) a \"null\" value from a ComboBox. Edit To clarify, this is .NET 3.5 SP1.

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Answer 1

I spent one day to find a solution about this problem of selecting a null value in combobox and finally, yeah finally I found a solution in an article written at this url:

http://remyblok.tweakblogs.net/blog/7237/wpf-combo-box-with-empty-item-using-net-4-dynamic-objects.html

public class ComboBoxEmptyItemConverter : IValueConverter 
{ 
/// 
 
/// this object is the empty item in the combobox. A dynamic object that 
/// returns null for all property request. 
/// 
 
private class EmptyItem : DynamicObject 
{ 
    public override bool TryGetMember(GetMemberBinder binder, out object result) 
    { 
        // just set the result to null and return true 
        result = null; 
        return true; 
    } 
} 

public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture) 
{ 
    // assume that the value at least inherits from IEnumerable 
    // otherwise we cannot use it. 
    IEnumerable container = value as IEnumerable; 

    if (container != null) 
    { 
        // everything inherits from object, so we can safely create a generic IEnumerable 
        IEnumerable