UWP manual binding is inactive/grayed

Question

I'm making C# application for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and I would like to bind manually to the xaml element from the properties (Create Data Binding... after clicking on rectangle next to ie. Content in Button Properties).

Binding is of course working when I type Content={Binding Text} from keyboard. This has place just in the UWP projects, and it is working for normal WPF applications.

Here is the example:

And code behind:

public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
    public MainPage()
    {
        this.InitializeComponent();
        this.DataContext = this;
    }
    public string Text { get; private set; } = "Hello";
}

Has anyone solved this problem because it is slightly annoying?

Please note that although both use XAML, UWP and WPF are different frameworks. — Clemens

binaryfunt binaryfunt · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-15T18:17:05

I had a similar problem with Visual Studio. The response from Microsoft was

...due to updates to the XAML designer, some features are currently disabled, including adding Styles through the property marker menu. This functionality will return at a later date. You can find more info at https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2017/09/11/a-significant-update-to-the-xaml-designer/

UWP manual binding is inactive/grayed

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