Question

I’m wondering if there is special syntax to bind text concatenated with existing text.

Something like this.

<TextBlock Grid.Row="0" Name="tbGroupMembershipCaption"
           Text="The following users have access to export to '{Binding TargetName}'."/>

Clearly, this doesn’t work.

What is the best practice?

Using SL4.

Answer 1

Use StringFormat on the Binding.

WPF: {Binding SomeProp, StringFormat={}Head text {0} Tail text}
WPF/SL: {Binding SomeProp, StringFormat='{}Head text {0} Tail text'}
WPF/SL Alt.: {Binding SomeProp, StringFormat=Head text \{0\} Tail text}