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

It seems like the value is just a reference to what item is selected, correct? Then you can use the index of the combobox, makes it a lot easier.

Not sure if your items are known before build, if yes, then just add them in the designer, properties of the combobox. If not, then you can add them dynamically by just doing:

        List items = new List() { "item1", "item2" };
        comboBox1.DataSource = items;

And to know what item is selected:

        int index = comboBox1.SelectedIndex;