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mackenir
mackenir

Reputation: 10969

How to bind to a dictionary entry with key ending in '{'?

I want to bind to a value in a dictionary property of an object. The dictionary key of this value is a string ending in '{'. How do I express this in XAML?

I presumably need to escape this character somehow.

Example XAML that doesn't work:

<TextBlock Text="{Binding Attribs[test{]}" />

Here Attribs is a property on the datacontext object of type IDictionary<string, object>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 132

Answers (2)

user128300
user128300

Reputation:

I just have tested the following XAML fragment, and it seems to work fine:

<TextBlock Text="{Binding Attribs[test\{]}"/>

The \ escape character is explained in this article.

Upvotes: 0

mackenir
mackenir

Reputation: 10969

This XAML works, by avoiding using a binding expression and instead using a Binding element:

<TextBlock>
  <TextBlock.Text><Binding Path="Attribs[test{]"/></TextBlock.Text>
</TextBlock>

Upvotes: 2

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