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Asked: 2026-05-26T14:58:05+00:00

I’m writing a Windows Forms app in C#, using Visual Studio 2010. It has

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I’m writing a Windows Forms app in C#, using Visual Studio 2010. It has a combo box. I’ve set the DropDownStyle to DropDownList, and added a few lines to Items.

Question: Is there any way for me to set SelectedItemIndex in the "Properties" editor, so that line in the Items collection will appear as the default when the combo box appears?

I know I can programmatically set myComboBox.SelectedItemIndex = NNN in my Form_Load method, but I’m sure there’s probably some way to do it in the MSVS IDE, too.

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m not sure if this is what your asking for but if you want a specific item to be set as default I.E you load the form and there is already a value selected for you.

    Simply put this into your public Form1() method.

    comboBox1.SelectedItem = "Test1"; 
//comboBox1 change to the name of 
//your combobox
//Test1 change to the item in your list of items that you want 
//defaulted.

    I think that is by far the best way to do it.

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