How to remove ComboBox items

Saeid · **Joined:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:52 am **Posts:** 1

Hi all,

I have problem clearing a previously added ComboBox items. I have a method that when called, fills a combobox with the available serial ports of the system:

Code:

   private void RefreshPortNames ()
   {
      _portNames = System.IO.Ports.SerialPort.GetPortNames();

      //combobox1.Clear();  //This makes combobox do nothing!
      
      foreach (var port in _portNames) 
      {
         if(port.ToLower().Contains("usb")) //Check if port is usb
            combobox1.AppendText(port);
      }
   }

The problem is Clear() method will make combobox to reset and it does not gets populated with any item.
If I remove it the combobox it works good but everytime I call this method, the items will be appended to the old ones and I will have a long list! I want the comobox to be cleared before adding new items in it.
Can someone please tell me what is the correct way of doing this?

Thanks.

tadeboro · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 3:16 pm

Hello and welcome to the GTK+ forums!

Exact method you need to employ here depends on how you initially create your combo box, but what you need to do is clear not the combo box but it's data source - GtkTreeModel associated with it. If you recreate the whole contents, it may even be simpler to replace model altogether.

Cheers,
Tadej

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