Binding a control's x:Name

Question

When I add

    <TextBlock  Text="{Binding SettingName}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="10,-2,10,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextSubtleStyle}" />    

Everuthing is ok. But when

 <TextBlock x:Name="{Binding SettingTextBlockName}"  Text="{Binding SettingName}" TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="10,-2,10,0" Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextSubtleStyle}" />

constructor are breaking.

But I need different names in all elements.

Answer 1

x:Name is a special property. As a matter of fact it's not a property at all, it's an attribute that maps the name or id property of the element to x:Name. Binding only works when applied to a DependencyProperty, so it cannot work on x:Name. It must be set manually.

If you want to distinguish between objects in runtime, you can set the Tag attribute, which tolerates everything.

more on x:Name: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752290.aspx