Binding Listbox to List<object> in WinForms

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What's the simplest way to bind a Listbox to a List of objects in Windows Forms?

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SLaks picture SLaks · Apr 20, 2010

You're looking for the DataSource property:

List<SomeType> someList = ...;
myListBox.DataSource = someList;

You should also set the DisplayMember property to the name of a property in the object that you want the listbox to display. If you don't, it will call ToString().

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