How do I get at the listbox item's “key” in c# winforms app?

Question

I am writing a winforms app in which a user selects an item from a listbox and edits some data that forms part of an associated object. The edits are then applied from the o

Answer 1

A simple and clean way:

Add Item (include Key and Value) to ListBox:

lsbListBoxName.Items.Insert(0, New ListItem("Item 1", 1))
lsbListBoxName.Items.Insert(0, New ListItem("Item 2", 2))
...

Get Item on user selection:

Private Sub lsbListBoxName_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles lsbListBoxName.SelectedIndexChanged
    Console.WriteLine(TryCast(lsbListBoxName.SelectedItem, ListItem).Text)
    Console.WriteLine(TryCast(lsbListBoxName.SelectedItem, ListItem).Value)
End Sub

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