Display enum in ComboBox with spaces

Question

I have an enum, example:

enum MyEnum
{
My_Value_1,
My_Value_2
}

With :

comboBox1.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyEnum)         


        

Answer 1

Fill the combobox manually and do a string replace on the enum.

Here is exactly what you need to do:

comboBox1.Items.Clear();
MyEnum[] e = (MyEnum[])(Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyEnum)));
for (int i = 0; i < e.Length; i++)
{
    comboBox1.Items.Add(e[i].ToString().Replace("_", " "));
}

To set the selected item of the combobox do the following:

comboBox1.SelectedItem = MyEnum.My_Value_2.ToString().Replace("_", " ");