ComboBox KeyValuePair not getting values properly

Question

  /**Dictionary looks like this
    *[PERCENTAGELOSS, 0]
    *[THRESHOLD, 1]
    *etc.
    */
  Dictionary<string, string> allEnums = XMLHandling.getEnums(enumCognityName);

  foreach (KeyValuePair<string,string> item in allEnums)
        {
             enumCmb.Items.Add(item);
        }
             enumCmb.DisplayMember = "Key";
             enumCmb.ValueMember = "Value";
             enumCmb.SelectedIndex = 0;
        }

After I add the KeyValuePairs to the ComboBox, it correctly displays the names of the items, but I can't get their values properly. Here's the code that tries to get the values:

case "enum":
           ComboBox enumBox = c as ComboBox;
           var test0 = enumBox.SelectedItem; // [PERCENTAGELOSS, 0]
           var test1 = enumBox.SelectedText; // ""
           var test2 = enumBox.SelectedValue; // null
           break;

I thought I correctly added the ValueMember as the "Value" from the KeyValuePair. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Instead of adding items in enumCmb, you can bind like this

enumCmb.DisplayMember = "Key";
enumCmb.ValueMember = "Value";
enumCmb.DataSource = new BindingSource { DataSource = allEnums };

I'm not sure but you may need to cast your data to list.