CODEWITHSUNDEEP
wpfxaml
Aousaf Rashid
Aousaf Rashid

Reputation: 13

WPF bind textblock to parent property

I know this type of question has been answered previously, but I just started with WPF a week ago. I have the following scenario where i need to bind a Textblock's Text property to it's parent Grid's Width property entirely from XAML. So, if the Gird's Width is 50, then Textblock's Text value should be 50 as well. Below is my XAML :

 <Grid x:Name=MyGrid" Margin="112,11,0,0">
  <Rectangle x:Name="ColorRect" Fill="Blue" Width="10" HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
  <TextBlock x:Name="ValueTextBlock" Text=""/>
 </Grid>

Is it possible to bind the Text property of the Textblock to the Grid's(myGrid) Width property and also include a % at the end of the text ? Say, if Width = 50 ,then TextBlock's Text would be 50% ?? Any help will be appreciated as i am totally new to this.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 894

Answers (1)

Aousaf Rashid
Aousaf Rashid

Reputation: 5738

Actually, it is very very easy to bind a property to a parent's property. Here's a sample :

 <TextBlock Text="{Binding (Grid.Width),
RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type Grid}}}"/>

Hope this helps :)

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions