In WPF, why doesn’t TemplateBinding work where Binding does?

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Found this forum post on MSDN: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wpf/thread/0bb3858c-30d6-4c3d-93bd-35ad0bb36bb4/

It says this:

A TemplateBinding is an optimized form of a Binding for template scenarios, analogous to a Binding constructed with 

{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}

Note from OP: Contrary to what it says in the documentation, in actuality, it should be this…

{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Mode=OneWay}

I filed a complaint against the docs, and while they did add a sentence now stating they are always one-way, the code example still doesn’t list the mode, but I guess it’s better than nothing.)

The TemplateBinding transfers data from the templated parent to the property that is template bound. If you need to transfer data in the opposite direction or both ways, create a Binding with RelativeSource of TemplatedParent with the Mode property set to OneWayToSource or TwoWay.

More in: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742882.aspx

Looks like Mode=OneWay is one of the “Optimizations” of using a TemplateBinding

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