How to bind a CheckedListBox to an enum?

Question

I have an enum:

enum Presidents
{
    Clinton,
    Bush,
    Obama,
    Trump
}

I also have a CheckedListBox . I want it to consist of the enum values. How can I accomplish that?

---

Note: a CheckedListBox is not a CheckBoxList . Please do not refer to this question.

Answer 1

You can enumerate the names of the enum values like this:

Enum.GetNames(typeof(Presidents));

or the values via

Enum.GetValues(typeof(Presidents));

With this you can either fill the DataSource of the CheckedListBox :

checkedListBox1.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Presidents));

or directly fill the Items collection:

checkedListBox1.Items.AddRange(Enum.GetValues(typeof(Presidents));

I suggest to use the values instead of the names. They are displayed with their names, but later you can use them directly like

Presidents firstChecked = (Presidents)checkedListBox1.CheckedItems[0];

without having to parse them again.

Note that the DataSource property is not browsable (visible in the designer's property window) for this type.