Question

I have a listbox on my aspx page.

I’d like it to display both the text and associated values (not the index). So if I were to add items like this

Dim this As ListItem = New ListItem("Horse", "2")
Dim that As ListItem = New ListItem("Dog", "3")

me.ListBox.Items.Add(this)
me.ListBox.Items.Add(that)

my listbox would look something like this (please excuse my list of artistic talent):

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|2 Horse     |
|3 Dog       |
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Is there any way to do this?

Thanks,

Jason

Answer 1

Sure, why not just combine the text and the value into a variable.

Dim nextItem as ListItem = New ListItem(String.Concat("2", " ", "Horse"), "2")

ListBox.Items.Add(nextItem)