Silverlight: Default value in Combobox

Question

I would like to display a default text in the combobox. For example, \"Choose a person\" message. could you please help me out.

Please note that I am using databindi

Answer 1

Just do this:

theComboBox.SelectedItem  = yourDataItem;

alternatively, set the selected index:

theComboBox.SelectedIndex = 0;

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Edit

If ItemSource is bound, you want to override the combo's DataContextChanged and then use one of the above lines to set the index/selected item.

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However, if you don't want the default text to be selectable, you will have to do something along the lines of this.