SelectedValue - SelectedItem

[Guest]

what is a selected value and what is a selected item? I am constantly
guessing and all the information I have found says SelectedItem is the item
selected and SelectedValue is the value selected. These answers leave me
chasing my tail.

Thanks

nczimm

 

[Karl Seguin]

SelectedItem returns the ListItem object. SelectedValue simply returns the
string value. SelectedValue is the same as SelectedItem.Value. Also,
SelectedValue is read/writable, whereas SelectedItem is readonly. You can
safely use SelectedValue, unless there's a reason you need the entire
ListItem that was selected (99% of the time you only use the value).

Karl