How to refresh DataSource of a ListBox

Form has one Combobox and one ListBox. When the "Add" button is clicked, I want to add the selected item from the ComboBox to the ListBox.

public partial class MyForm:Form
{
    List<MyData> data = new List<MyData>();
    private void ShowData()
    {
       listBox1.DataSource = data;
       listBox1.DisplayMember = "Name";
       listBox1.ValueMember = "Id";
    }

    private void buttonAddData_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       var selection = (MyData)comboBox1.SelectedItem;
       data.Add(selection);
       ShowData();
    }
}

With this example, the selected item is replaced with the new selection inside ListBox. I need to add the item to the list.

What is wrong with my code?

listbox1.DataSource property looks for value changes but by assigning the same list all the time the value won't really change.

You can use a BindingList<T>, instead of your List<T>, to automatically recognize new items added. Your ShowData() method must be called once at startup.

public partial class MyForm:Form
{
    public MyForm(){
        InitializeComponent();
        ShowData();
    }

    BindingList<MyData> data = new BindingList<MyData>();

    private void ShowData()
    {
       listBox1.DataSource = data;
       listBox1.DisplayMember = "Name";
       listBox1.ValueMember = "Id";
    }

    private void buttonAddData_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       var selection = (MyData)comboBox1.SelectedItem;
       data.Add(selection);
    }
}

I would suggest to use BindingSource as it would properly update connected controls.

public partial class MyForm : Form
{
    List<MyData> data = new List<MyData>();
    BindingSource bs = new BindingSource();

    public MyForm()
    {
        IntializeComponents();
        bs.DataSource = data;

       listBox1.DisplayMember = "Name";
       listBox1.ValueMember = "Id";
       listBox1.DataSource = bs;
    }

    private void buttonAddData_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       var selection = (MyData)comboBox1.SelectedItem;
       data.Add(selection);

       bs.ResetBindings(false);
    }
}

Changing controls data source on fly produces strange result sometime.