BaseListBoxControl.DisplayMember Property

Gets or sets the name of the data source field that specifies display text for listbox items. This property is not supported when listbox items are rendered based on Item Templates.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue("")]
[DXCategory("Data")]
public virtual string DisplayMember { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue("")>
<DXCategory("Data")>
Public Overridable Property DisplayMember As String

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	String.Empty	A string value specifying a field name in a data source.

Remarks

This property is in effect when the ListBox control is bound to a data source with the BaseListBoxControl.DataSource property and listbox items are painted in regular paint mode (Item Templates are not used).

Use the DisplayMember property to specify the field whose values are displayed within the list box control. To get text displayed by a specific list box item, use the BaseListBoxControl.GetItemText method.

Changing the DisplayMember property value at runtime raises the BaseListBoxControl.DisplayMemberChanged event.

Examples

The code below shows how to use a DataTable as a data source.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraEditors;

listBoxControl1.DataSource = GetCountries();
listBoxControl1.DisplayMember = "Name";
listBoxControl1.ValueMember = "PhoneCode";
listBoxControl1.SelectedValueChanged += ListBoxControl1_SelectedValueChanged;

private void ListBoxControl1_SelectedValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    var listBoxControl = sender as ListBoxControl;
    XtraMessageBox.Show(listBoxControl.SelectedValue.ToString());
}

DataTable GetCountries() {
    DataTable table = new DataTable();
    DataColumn name = new DataColumn("Name", typeof(string));
    DataColumn phoneCode = new DataColumn("PhoneCode", typeof(int));
    table.Columns.AddRange(new DataColumn[] { name, phoneCode});
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { "United States", 1 });
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { "Afghanistan", 93 });
    // ...
    table.Rows.Add(new object[] { "Zimbabwe", 263 });
    return table;
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors

listBoxControl1.DataSource = GetCountries()
listBoxControl1.DisplayMember = "Name"
listBoxControl1.ValueMember = "PhoneCode"
AddHandler listBoxControl1.SelectedValueChanged, AddressOf ListBoxControl1_SelectedValueChanged

Private Sub ListBoxControl1_SelectedValueChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim listBoxControl = TryCast(sender, ListBoxControl)
    Call XtraMessageBox.Show(listBoxControl.SelectedValue.ToString())
End Sub

Private Function GetCountries() As DataTable
    Dim table As DataTable = New DataTable()
    Dim name As DataColumn = New DataColumn("Name", GetType(String))
    Dim phoneCode As DataColumn = New DataColumn("PhoneCode", GetType(Integer))
    table.Columns.AddRange(New DataColumn() {name, phoneCode})
    table.Rows.Add(New Object() {"United States", 1})
    table.Rows.Add(New Object() {"Afghanistan", 93})
    ' ...
    table.Rows.Add(New Object() {"Zimbabwe", 263})
    Return table
End Function

The code below uses the ValueMember and DisplayMember properties to specify data fields that contain a business object’s value and string representation. If you do not specify these properties, the control uses the business object as a value and the ToString() method to obtain the object’s string representation.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraEditors;

listBoxControl1.DataSource = Country.Countries;
listBoxControl1.DisplayMember = "Name";
listBoxControl1.ValueMember = "PhoneCode";
listBoxControl1.SelectedValueChanged += ListBoxControl1_SelectedValueChanged;

private void ListBoxControl1_SelectedValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    var listBoxControl = sender as ListBoxControl;
    XtraMessageBox.Show(listBoxControl.SelectedValue.ToString());
}

public class Country {
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int PhoneCode { get; set; }

    public override string ToString() {
        return $"{Name}, {PhoneCode}";
    }

    public static Country[] Countries = (new Country[] {
        new Country() { Name = "United States", PhoneCode = 1 },
        new Country() { Name = "Afghanistan", PhoneCode = 93 },
        // ...
        new Country() { Name = "Zimbabwe", PhoneCode = 263 }
    });
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors

listBoxControl1.DataSource = Country.Countries
listBoxControl1.DisplayMember = "Name"
listBoxControl1.ValueMember = "PhoneCode"
AddHandler listBoxControl1.SelectedValueChanged, AddressOf ListBoxControl1_SelectedValueChanged

Private Sub ListBoxControl1_SelectedValueChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    Dim listBoxControl = TryCast(sender, ListBoxControl)
    Call XtraMessageBox.Show(listBoxControl.SelectedValue.ToString())
End Sub

Public Class Country
    Public Property Name As String
    Public Property PhoneCode As Integer

    Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
        Return $"{Name}, {PhoneCode}"
    End Function

    Public Shared Countries As Country() = (
        New Country() {
            New Country() With {
                .Name = "United States",
                .PhoneCode = 1
            },
            New Country() With {
                .Name = "Afghanistan",
                .PhoneCode = 93
            },
            New Country() With {
                .Name = "Zimbabwe",
                .PhoneCode = 263
            }
        }
    )
End Class

The following sample code declares a ChangeDisplayMember method that accepts two parameters:

• listBoxControl - a ListBoxControl;
• memberName - the name of a column already contained within the BaseListBoxControl.DataSource whose contents are to be displayed by ListBoxControl.

Use this method to assign a single column from a table to the DisplayMember property of the ListBoxControl. If the table bound to the control doesn’t contain the specified column, method execution will not take effect.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraEditors;
// ...
private void ChangeDisplayMember(ListBoxControl listBoxControl, string memberName){
   DataTable source = listBoxControl.DataSource as DataTable;
   if (source.Columns.Contains(memberName))
      listBoxControl.DisplayMember = memberName;
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors
' ...
Private Sub ChangeDisplayMember(ByVal listBoxControl As ListBoxControl, _
 ByVal memberName As String)
   Dim source As DataTable
   source = listBoxControl.DataSource
   If source.Columns.Contains(memberName) Then
      listBoxControl.DisplayMember = memberName
   End If
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the DisplayMember property.

Note

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C#

winforms-custom-imagecombobox-editor/CS/DXSample/MyPopupContainerEdit.cs#L61

public string DisplayMember {
    get { return imageListBox.DisplayMember; }
    set {

xaf-how-to-display-a-collection-property-as-a-checked-list-box/CS/DXExample.Module.Win/WinCheckedListBoxPropertyEditor.cs#L33

Control.DataSource = dataSource;
Control.DisplayMember = classInfo.DefaultProperty;
foreach (object obj in checkedItems) {

VB.NET

winforms-custom-imagecombobox-editor/VB/DXSample/MyPopupContainerEdit.vb#L63

Get
    Return imageListBox.DisplayMember
End Get

xaf-how-to-display-a-collection-property-as-a-checked-list-box/VB/DXExample.Module.Win/WinCheckedListBoxPropertyEditor.vb#L37

Control.DataSource = dataSource
Control.DisplayMember = classInfo.DefaultProperty
For Each obj As Object In checkedItems