selectedIndex is lost during postbacks - ASP.NET

Question

I have a list box control:

The code behind resembles:

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Answer 1

Have you thought about loading the data earlier - e.g. in OnInit event on the page/user control. This occurs before the postback data is loaded and thus before an on-change can be processed? I believe that should work - but you might want to turn off viewstate!