arrays - C# - is it possible to arrange ComboBox Items from a to z?

Question

I have a very messy long items full of strings in a combobox, and it would be lovely to just sort it from a to z to make it easier to track. Is it possible?

Answer 1

There are two possible ways that I could think of:

A) Use the WinForms Combobox Sorted Property

If you're using WinForms, you can use ComboBox.Sorted = true;

B) Manually Sort your List with OrderBy

If the data in your combo box comes from in a form of a list, use OrderBy to the List of data you are going to put in the ComboBox before setting it.

Here's an example:

var myList = new List<string>() {"q","w","e","r","t","y"};
var sorted = a.OrderBy(c => c).ToArray()
comboBox1.Items.AddRange(sorted);