What does 'ItemsSource=“{Binding}”' mean?

Question

I\'m attempting to learn WPF by unravelling a frankly nightmarish project written by the guy who was in this job before me. Sorry if some of my questions are pretty much hom

Answer 1

Without a path, {Binding} will bind to the DataContext itself.
Adding a path will bind to a property of the datacontext.

Answer 2

That example specifies that the binding is the DataContext. The same thing in the code behind would be

MyList.ItemsSource = new Binding();

You can also do stuff like:

ItemsSource="{Binding YourBindingField, Source={StaticResource YourStaticDataSource}}"

which would translate to this in code behind:

        MyList.ItemsSource = new Binding() {ElementName = "YourBindingField", Source = YourStaticDataSource};

Hope that helps