Data Binding To Property C# wpf

Question

I need to bind a textbox to a property in the code behind, but I want it to be just to a property instead of class,

Instead of this:

public class A
{
    public string Text { get; set; }
}

textbox.DataContext = A
<textbox Text="{Binding Text}"/>

I want this:

public string Text { get; set; }
textbox.DataContext = Text;

How can I achieve this?

krivtom · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-06 11:43:29Z

1

I believe you should be able to achieve this by using

<textbox Text="{Binding}"/>

Alternative approach is to use the same form as data context, and not change the binding:

this.DataContext = this;

And in your XAML file leave the same binding:

<textbox Text="{Binding Text}"/>

In such case you would be binding to the property on your form class.

answered Sep 6, 2015 at 11:43

krivtom

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The first approach didn't work, it gave a run-time error... though the second approach did work so thanks!