I see some people use it, but couldn't find any explanation on the net...
Any other special symbols (other than Binding /) that you know of?
Apologize, may have misunderstood the question asked :-) Leaving answer in case someone stumbles upon this for the wrong reason.
NastyNateDoggy
2009-06-30 22:13:37
+3
A:
This is shorthand for binding to the current source. For more info see here.
micahtan
2009-06-30 22:02:16
@Ray - my thoughts exactly. If you're going to shorthand, why stop there?
micahtan
2009-06-30 22:17:37
I can't argue with MSDN, but there still a difference. {Binding} cannot be used on an object itself (being two way it requires a property) while {Binding Path=.} works.
Sergey Aldoukhov
2009-06-30 22:46:52
@Sergey - Do you have a code sample where {Binding} doesn't work but {Binding Path=.} does? If so, MSDN probably needs to get updated...
micahtan
2009-06-30 23:32:03
Easily: var s = "test;DataContext=s;and in <TextBox Text={Binding}/> - does not work. But MSDN is not wiki...
Sergey Aldoukhov
2009-07-01 16:55:05
+4
A:
I found this WPF Binding CheatSheet a few months back and find it very useful, especially for anyone learning WPF. There are some spelling mistakes within it, but it is still quite good.
Here is a small excerpt (which is supposed to have tabular formatting):
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”.
Ryan Versaw
2009-07-01 14:21:29