Getting Selected Items From WinForm ListBox?

Question

I have a ListBox in a WinForm with multiselect enabled.

The selected items appear to be stored in an object, how to I get their values?

Answer 1

Easy, depending on what type you stored:

foreach (MyItemType item in listBox1.SelectedItems)
{
   ...
}

Because this is an older, non-generic collection it is better not to use var to declare the item variable. That would only get you a reference of type object.

You can also use other properties like:

if (listBox1.SelectedItems.Count > 0)
   ...

Answer 2

Just use the following code to display the selected item from the ListBox - for WinForm app...

string s = listbox1.Text; //replace listbox1 with your listbox control