How to create a drop down menu in WinForms and C#

Question

I am new to using Visual Studio/WinForms/C#

I am trying to create a simple drop down menu where each item can have a value and a label.

This is what I would do

Answer 1

You need to set a datasource for your Combobox, it's better if you create a class and pass a list of Objects, for example:

private void Init()
{
    List items = new List();
    items.Add(new Item() { Text = "displayText1", Value = "ValueText1" });
    items.Add(new Item() { Text = "displayText2", Value = "ValueText2" });
    items.Add(new Item() { Text = "displayText3", Value = "ValueText3" });

    comboBox1.DataSource = items;
    comboBox1.DisplayMember = "Text";
    comboBox1.ValueMember = "Value";

}

public class Item
{
    public Item() { }

    public string Value { set; get; }
    public string Text { set; get; }
}

Put the Init() method in your FormName_Load(object sender, EventArgs e){}.