ComboBox - Setting SelectedItem to an item within the ComboBox does not select the item

[johnt-star]

Describe the bug

If you try to use the ComboBox SelectedItem to select an entry within the ComboBox, the entry is not being selected.

NOTE that this use to work, but I am not sure which Visual Studio and/or WinAppSDK update changed this functionality.

I use to be able to load a ComboBox with strings, then select an item by setting SelectedItem = "myString";

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Load a ComboBox with a series of strings.
2. Use the ComboBox's SelectedItem property to select a string in the middle of the list.

Issue: instead of displaying the string the ComboBox's display remains blank.

Expected behavior

You should be able to display an item within a ComboBox by setting its SelectedItem property in the same manner as setting its SelectedIndex property.

Screenshots

The code loads a ComboBox and tries to select an item by setting SelectedItem property.

However, the item is not selected and ComboBox is blank.

Blank ComboBox at startup:

ComboBox is properly populated:

Breakpoint shows SelectedItem property is null after selection:

NuGet package version

Windows App SDK 1.6.0: 1.6.240829007

Packaging type

Packaged (MSIX)

Windows version

No response

IDE

Visual Studio 2022

Additional context

MainWindow.xaml

<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">
    <ComboBox Name="ComboBoxMain"></ComboBox>
</StackPanel>

MainWindow.xaml.cs
public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
this.InitializeComponent();

        AddComboBoxMembers();
    }


    private void AddComboBoxMembers()
    {
        int iIdx;

        string sItem;

        ComboBoxItem comboBoxItem;

        for (iIdx = 0; iIdx < 10; ++iIdx)
        {
            sItem = "Item" + iIdx.ToString();

            comboBoxItem = new ComboBoxItem
            {
                Content = sItem,
            };

            ComboBoxMain.Items.Add(comboBoxItem);
        }

        sItem = "Item5";

        ComboBoxMain.SelectedItem = sItem;
    }

}