VS2010/C#: How do you set the default value of a ComboBox in the IDE?

Question

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".

Q: 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?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

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.