[WPF系列-高级TemplateBinding vs RelativeSource TemplatedParent]

What is the difference between these 2 bindings:

<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
   <Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding Property=Background}">
      <ContentPresenter />
   </Border>
</ControlTemplate>

and

<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
   <Border BorderBrush="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Path=Background}">
      <ContentPresenter />
   </Border>
</ControlTemplate>

TemplateBinding - More limiting than using regular Binding

• More efficient than a Binding but it has less functionality
• Only works inside a ControlTemplate‘s visual tree
• Doesn‘t work with properties on Freezables
• Doesn‘t work within a ControlTemplate‘s Trigger
• Provides a shortcut in setting properties(not as verbose),e.g. {TemplateBinding targetProperty}

Regular Binding - Does not have above limitations of TemplateBinding

• Respects Parent Properties
• Resets Target Values to clear out any explicitly set values
• Example: <Ellipse Fill="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent},Path=Background}"/>

One more thing - TemplateBindings don‘t allow value converting. They don‘t allow you to pass a Converter and don‘t automatically convert int to string for example (which is normal for a Binding).

TempleteBinding is a shorthand for Binding with TemplatedParent but it does not expose all the capabilities of the Binding class, for example you can‘t control Binding.Mode from TempleteBinding.

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WPF TemplateBinding vs RelativeSource TemplatedParent