Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - what I need in a XAML editor http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - what I need in a XAML editor http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Tue, 21 May 2013 02:24:24 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 02:24:24 GMT Rev9 8 -8 -1 Coffeehouse - what I need in a XAML editor Would be very useful if I could see the linkage between the binding of individual properties and what is bound to the data context.  For example, I need to be able to position the cursor at a binding of a Text property of a TextBox and press F12 to see the class/property the binding relates to.

Sure, the specific bindings are not known until run time. And can vary even then. But the majority of the time bindngs from XAML will not change. Possibly if run time info could be captured. "The last time the app was run, the XAML of a specific window class had its data context bound to a specific object type".  Then the editor could access the historical info about the running of a window class to see the type an individual binding is likely binding to.

 

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/what-I-need-in-a-XAML-editor/beaba86310174600ba29a10201078179#beaba86310174600ba29a10201078179 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:59:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/what-I-need-in-a-XAML-editor/beaba86310174600ba29a10201078179#beaba86310174600ba29a10201078179 Steve Richter 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/SteveRichter/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - what I need in a XAML editor I thought Xaml had binding breakpoints in VS2012...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/what-I-need-in-a-XAML-editor/42fc8b3c591748bbacf4a102010905d4#42fc8b3c591748bbacf4a102010905d4 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:04:55 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/what-I-need-in-a-XAML-editor/42fc8b3c591748bbacf4a102010905d4#42fc8b3c591748bbacf4a102010905d4 Harlequin 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Harlequin/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - what I need in a XAML editor Plus, you can already declare a class in code and have it bound in the design-time editor -- so it must be able to backtrack the binding to a class ... ?

Herbue

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, Harlequin wrote

I thought Xaml had binding breakpoints in VS2012...

that is run time.  I am ok with tracking down my binding errors. What I need help with is when in the XAML editor I would like to see the bindings that will be available to me when the code runs.

 

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, Dr Herbie wrote

Plus, you can already declare a class in code and have it bound in the design-time editor -- so it must be able to backtrack the binding to a class ... ?

I am not sure how this works. I can tell the design time editor what is bound to the XAML?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/what-I-need-in-a-XAML-editor/67658c20797a42139139a102010e097a#67658c20797a42139139a102010e097a Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:23:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/what-I-need-in-a-XAML-editor/67658c20797a42139139a102010e097a#67658c20797a42139139a102010e097a Steve Richter 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/SteveRichter/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - what I need in a XAML editor @SteveRichter: There's a blog article here.

It makes it easier to double-check the bindings in design time because there's some realistic data visible to base it on.

Herbie

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, Dr Herbie wrote

@SteveRichter: There's a blog article here.

It makes it easier to double-check the bindings in design time because there's some realistic data visible to base it on.

Herbie

How very clever. Thanks for the tip, Dr.

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