Display blank instead of first item in combobox

Question

Code:

cmbItemType.DisplayMember = "Text";
cmbItemType.ValueMember = "Value";

var items = new[] {
        new { Text = "Text1", Value = "1"},  
        new { Text = "Text2", Value = "2"}
        };

cmbItemType.DataSource = items;

The above code displaying two items, but how to display a blank item in the field. Now at load, it is displaying Text1 without selecting. I want to display a blank item instead of Text1.

Note: Blank item should not be added to the list, so when selecting the combobox, I don't want to see a blank item above Text1 display text. Thanks.

Answer 1

After you have set items as the DataSource:

cmbItemType.SelectedIndex = -1;