What does “{Binding Path=.}” mean in WPF binding?

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I found this WPF Binding CheatSheet a few months back and find it very useful, especially for anyone learning WPF. There are some spelling mistakes within it, but it is still quite good.

Here is a small excerpt (which is supposed to have tabular formatting):

Basic Binding
{Binding} Bind to current DataContext.
{Binding Name} Bind to the “Name” property of the current DataContext.
{Binding Name.Length} Bind to the Length property of the object in the Name property of the current DataContext.
{Binding ElementName=SomeTextBox, Path=Text} Bind to the “Text” property of the element XAML element with name=”SomeTextBox” or x:Name=”SomeTextBox”.

Direct link to CheatSheet

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