How to display default text "--Select Team --" in combo box on pageload in WPF?

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In a WPF app, in MVP app, I have a combo box,for which I display the data fetched from Database. Before the items added to the Combo box, I want to display the default text such as

" -- Select Team --"

so that on pageload it displays and on selecting it the text should be cleared and the items should be displayed.

Selecting data from DB is happening. I need to display the default text until the user selects an item from combo box.

Please guide me

combobox wpf
23 Answers

Set IsEditable="True" on the ComboBox element. This will display the Text property of the ComboBox.

user_2444990

I did it before binding the combobox with data from database in codebehind like this -

Combobox.Items.Add("-- Select Team --");
Combobox.SelectedIndex = 0;
user_61609230

  1. Put a label on top of the combobox.

  2. Bind the content of the label to to the combobox Text property.

  3. Set the opacity of the combobox to zero , Opacity=0.

  4. Write default text in the combobox Text property

          <ComboBox Name="cb"
        Text="--Select Team--" Opacity="0" 
        Height="40" Width="140" >
         <ComboBoxItem Content="Manchester United" />
         <ComboBoxItem Content="Lester" />
     </ComboBox>
 </Grid>
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