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How to: Bind the Properties of Two Controls	03/30/2017	data binding [WPF], binding properties of two controls binding properties of two controls [WPF] controls [WPF], binding properties of	06318fac-6afd-4c7d-a277-6d7ef50f47bc

How to: Bind the Properties of Two Controls

This example shows how to bind the property of one instantiated control to that of another using the xref:System.Windows.Data.Binding.ElementName%2A property.

Example

The following example shows how to bind the xref:System.Windows.Controls.Panel.Background%2A property of a xref:System.Windows.Controls.Canvas to the SelectedItem.Content property of a xref:System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox:

[!code-xamlBindDptoDp#1]

When this example is rendered it looks like the following:

Note

The binding target property (in this example, the xref:System.Windows.Controls.Panel.Background%2A property) must be a dependency property. For more information, see Data Binding Overview.

See also

• Specify the Binding Source
• How-to Topics