XAML Changing Binding and DataContext Element

Question

If I have a class

class ContentList 
{
    public string Content1 { get; set; }
    public string Content2 { get; set; }
}

and a textbox in my XAML file with a binding

<TextBox Text="{Binding Content1, Mode=TwoWay}" ... />

I set the DataContext in my .cs file by

protected override void LoadState(Object navigationParameter, Dictionary<String, Object> pageState)
{
    this.DataContext = new ContentList();
}

How do I change the binding to Content2?

Also, how do I access and change Content1 in code? this.DataContext.Content1 = "string" does not work.

PoweredByOrange PoweredByOrange · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-17T16:11:01

To change the binding of your TextBox from Content1 to Content2, first give the TextBox a name, and then in the code-behind you can do this:

myTextBox.SetBinding(TextBox.TextProperty, new Binding("Content2"));

To access Content1 in the code, you can do this:

string content = ((ContentList)this.DataContext).Content1;