Question

here , i am confuse on {binding} and {binding Account}.when to use only simple {binding} and binding with proprty name in below code binding occur as :Content=”{Binding}”

 <Border Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0"
         Style="{StaticResource MainBorderStyle}" 
         Background="{StaticResource ResourceListGradientBrush}"
         BorderThickness="0,0,1,1"
         Padding="0">
     <StackPanel>
         <HeaderedContentControl 
             Content="{Binding}"
             ContentTemplate="{StaticResource CommandsTemplate}"/>
     </StackPanel>
 </Border>

where is below code binding occur
as

Text="{Binding Path=Name, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>

so i want to know use of them and difference of them.thank in advance.

Answer 1

{Binding} will simply bind to the actual object set in the DataContext. {Binding Account} will bind to the Property Account on that object.

In your case if you had a ViewModel set against the root level DataContext then Account would be a property called Account on the ViewModel

Where you have

<HeaderedContentControl
            Content="{Binding}"
            ContentTemplate="{StaticResource CommandsTemplate}"/>

All this is doing is setting the Content of the HeaderedContentControl to the ViewModel provided you have something like this in the code behind of the Window or UserControl

 DataContext = yourViewModel;