Get the current index of a ComboBox?

Question

Say I had a ComboBox with these values:

Black
Red
Blue

And I have Red currently selected. If the user then hits backspace and

Answer 1

The way you are doing is fine. You have to keep the selected index in memory because it returns -1 as the SelectedIndex when the text is deleted. You could take the index in this way too.

private void myComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    currentMyComboBoxIndex = myComboBox.SelectedIndex;
}