WinForm ComboBox add text “Select” after data binding

Question

At my form, I have one control ComboBox. I want after databinding add text "Select". I try this

cbOperatorList.DataSource = operatorService.GetOperatorList();
cbOperatorList.Items.Insert(0, "Select");

But when I do this. I get exception what

Changing the collection of items is impossible if you set the property DataSource.

UPDATE

public BindingList<Operator> GetOperatorList(string filter = "")
{
            return
                new BindingList<Operator>(
                    this.operatorRepository.All.Where(
                        item => item.FirtsName.Contains(filter) || item.LastName.Contains(filter) || item.MiddleName.Contains(filter)).
                        ToList());
}

UPDATE

I fixed the problem, using this code

cbOperatorList.DataSource =
                this.operatorService.GetOperatorList().Concat(new[] { new Operator { LastName = "Select", Id = 0 } }).OrderBy(
                    item => item.Id).ToList();

Answer 1

If GetOperatorList() returns an immutable IEnumerable<T>, you can use linq to concatenate that with new object[] { "Select" }. Assuming that T is not object, you would have to cast:

cbOperatorList.DataSource = operatorService
    .GetOperatorList()
    .Cast<object>()
    .Concat(new object[] { "Select" }); 

EDIT

If you want the word "Select" to appear at the beginning, reverse the concatenation:

cbOperatorList.DataSource = (new object[] { "Select" })
    .Concat(
        operatorService.GetOperatorList().Cast<object>()
     ); 

Answer 2

You don't describe what GetOperatorList() returns, but you could first set a variable to get that list and insert your item in the list before setting the DataSource to that variable.

You would have to refactor your code to handle this "Select" item to not get confused with your operator objects.