Handles ComboBox SelectionChanged events.

  
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="WPF" Height="100" Width="300">
    <StackPanel>
        <ComboBox Name="comboBox" IsEditable="True" Margin="5" SelectionChanged="ComboBox_SelectionChanged">
            <ComboBoxItem Content="ComboBox Item 1" Selected="ComboBoxItem_Selected" />
            <ComboBoxItem Content="ComboBox Item 2" Selected="ComboBoxItem_Selected" />
            <ComboBoxItem Content="ComboBox Item 3" Selected="ComboBoxItem_Selected" IsSelected="True"/>
            <ComboBoxItem Content="ComboBox Item 4" Selected="ComboBoxItem_Selected" />
            <ComboBoxItem Content="ComboBox Item 5" Selected="ComboBoxItem_Selected" />
        </ComboBox>
        <Button Content="Get Selected" Margin="5" Width="100" Click="Button_Click" />
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

//File:Window.xaml.cs
using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;

namespace WpfApplication1
{
    public partial class Window1 : Window
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            ComboBoxItem item = comboBox.SelectedItem as ComboBoxItem;

            if (item != null)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Current item: " + item.Content, Title);
            }
            else if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(comboBox.Text))
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Text entered: " + comboBox.Text, Title);
            }
        }

        private void ComboBox_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
        {

            if (!IsInitialized) return;

            ComboBoxItem item = comboBox.SelectedItem as ComboBoxItem;

            if (item != null)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Selected item: " + item.Content, Title);
            }
        }

        private void ComboBoxItem_Selected(object sender,RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (!IsInitialized) return;

            ComboBoxItem item = e.OriginalSource as ComboBoxItem;

            if (item != null)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(item.Content + " was selected.", Title);
            }
        }
    }
}

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