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WPF Binding CheatSheet version 1.1

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Part I – Common Examples

Basic Binding

{Binding}

Bind to current DataContext.

{Binding Name}

Bind to the “Name” proeprty of the current

DataContext.

{Bindind Name.Length}

Bind to the Length property of the object in the

Name property of the current DataContext.

{Binding ElementName=SomeTextBox, Path=Text}

Bind to the “Text” property of the element XAML

element with name=”SomeTextBox” or

x:Name=”SomeTextBox”.

XML Binding

{Binding Source={StaticResource BooksData}

Bind the result of XPath query “/books/book” from

XPath=/books/book}

the XML in the XmlDataProvider in a parent’s

“Resources” elememt with x:Key=”BooksData”.

{Binding XPath=@name}

Bind to the result of an XPath query run on the XML

node in the DataContext (for example in an

ItemControl’s DataTemplate when the

ItemsControl.ItemsSource is bound to an XML data

source).

Relative Source Binding

{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}

Bind to the target element.

{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self},

Bind to the “Name” property of the target element.

Path=Name}

{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource

Bind to the title of the parent window.

FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type Window}},

Path=Title}

{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource

Bind the the name of the 2

parent of type

FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type

ItemsControl.

ItemsControl}, AncestorLevel=2}, Path=Name}

{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource

Inside a control template, bind to the name

TemplatedParent}, Path=Name}

property of the element the template is applied to.

{TemplateBinding Name}

Shortcut for the previous example.

Collection Current Item Binding

{Binding /}

Bind to the current item in the DataContext (when

DataContext is a collection)

{Binding AllItems/}

Bind to the current item in the “AllItems“ property

of the DataContext

{Binding AllItems/Name}

Bind to the “Name” property of the current item in

the “AllItems“ property of the DataContext

* Someone has to manage the collection current item, you can do it in code using the CollectionView class

or set IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True" on a control that supports it (like ListBox) and is bound to

the same collection.

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