---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.ComboBox.SelectedItem"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.ComboBox"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/ComboBox/SelectedItem/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# ComboBox.SelectedItem

Member of [ComboBox](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/ComboBox/index.md).

## SelectedItem

Set / Get the ComboBox selected item

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI not supported · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.
- Cloud: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.

C#:

```csharp
public string SelectedItem {get; set;}
```

Python:

```python
comboBox.SelectedItem: str
```

### Returns

`string` — 

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var comboBox = new ComboBox();
comboBox.AddItem("Buy");
comboBox.AddItem("Sell");
comboBox.SelectedItem = "Sell";
Chart.AddControl(comboBox);
var tradeType = comboBox.SelectedItem == "Buy" ? TradeType.Buy : TradeType.Sell;
Print("Selected trade type: {0}", tradeType);
```

Python:

```python
comboBox = ComboBox()
comboBox.AddItem("Buy")
comboBox.AddItem("Sell")
comboBox.SelectedItem = "Sell"
api.Chart.AddControl(comboBox)
tradeType = TradeType.Buy if comboBox.SelectedItem == "Buy" else TradeType.Sell
api.Print(f"Selected trade type: {tradeType}")
```