mvvm - Type name showing up in WPF drop-down list -

i'm binding list<selectitem> combobox using mvvm. combobox has right value , looks fine. however, when click on down button see options in combobox, list of 10 items each read mynamespace.selectitem. if select #2, value in combobox reads 2.

here's code selectitem:

public class selectitem {     public string value { get; set; }     public string display { get; set; } } 

my xaml:

<combobox itemssource="{binding path=mylist}" displaymemberpath="display" selectedvalue="{binding path=mylistvalue, mode=twoway}" /> 

and here's queue list of selectitems:

        mylist= new list<selectitem>();         (int = 1; <= 10; i++)         {             var page = new selectitem()             {                 display = i.tostring(),                 value = i.tostring()             };             mylist.add(page);             if (i == 1)                 mylistvalue = page;         } 

check typo.

with following code:

public class selectitem {     public string value { get; set; }     public string display { get; set; } }  public class selectitemviewmodel {     public list<selectitem> mylist { get; set; }     public selectitem mylistvalue { get; set; }      public selectitemviewmodel()     {         mylist = new list<selectitem>();         (int = 1; <= 10; i++)         {             var page = new selectitem()             {                 display = i.tostring(),                 value = i.tostring()             };             mylist.add(page);             if (i == 1)                 mylistvalue = page;         }     } } 

initialization:

public mainwindow() {     datacontext = new selectitemviewmodel(); } 

xaml:

<combobox horizontalalignment="center"             verticalalignment="center"             itemssource="{binding path=mylist}"             displaymemberpath="display"             selectedvalue="{binding path=mylistvalue, mode=twoway}" /> 

i able see numbers in combobox. no type names.