Getting value of selected item in list box as string

Question

I am trying to get the value of the selected item in the listbox using the code below, but it is always returning null string.

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Answer 1

If you want to retrieve the display text of the item, use the GetItemText method:

string text = listBox1.GetItemText(listBox1.SelectedItem);

Answer 2

Get FullName in ListBox of files (full path) list (Thomas Levesque answer modificaton, thanks Thomas):

...
        string tmpStr = "";
        foreach (var item in listBoxFiles.SelectedItems)
        {
            tmpStr += listBoxFiles.GetItemText(item) + "\n";
        }
        MessageBox.Show(tmpStr);
...

Answer 3

If you want to retrieve the item selected from listbox, here is the code...

String SelectedItem = listBox1.SelectedItem.Value;

Answer 4

If you are using ListBox in your application and you want to return the selected value of ListBox and display it in a Label or any thing else then use this code, it will help you

 private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
         label1.Text  = listBox1.SelectedItem.ToString();
    }

Answer 5

The correct solution seems to be:

string text = ((ListBoxItem)ListBox1.SelectedItem).Content.ToString();

Please be sure to use .Content and not .Name.

Answer 6

string textValue = ((ListBoxItem)listBox1.SelectedItem).Content.ToString();