What are the defaults for Binding.Mode=Default for WPF controls?

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In WPF Binding.Mode, when selecting Default, it depends in the property being binded.

I am looking for some list or some convention or any information for the defaults for the various controls.
I mean, what properties are TwoWay by default and so on. Any links, ideas, thoughts and even rants are welcommed!

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3 Answers

Was looking for a list as well, mostly to find out which bindings could be set to one-way to improve performance. The following functions can help you find which controls use two-way binding by default:

public IList<DependencyProperty> GetAttachedProperties(DependencyObject obj)
{
    var result = new List<DependencyProperty>();
    foreach (PropertyDescriptor pd in TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(obj, new Attribute[] { new PropertyFilterAttribute(PropertyFilterOptions.Valid) }))
    {
        var dpd = DependencyPropertyDescriptor.FromProperty(pd);
        if (dpd != null)
        {
            result.Add(dpd.DependencyProperty);
        }
    }
    return result;
}

public bool IsBindsTwoWayByDefault(DependencyObject obj, DependencyProperty property)
{
    var metadata = property.GetMetadata(obj) as FrameworkPropertyMetadata;
    if (metadata != null)
    {
        return metadata.BindsTwoWayByDefault;
    }
    return false;
}

Using a print function, gives us a list:

var objList = new List<DependencyObject> { new TextBox(), new TextBlock(), new Label(), new ComboBox(), new Button() };
foreach (var obj in objList)
{
    var props = GetAttachedProperties(obj);
    foreach (var prop in props)
    {
        if(IsBindsTwoWayByDefault(obj, prop))
            Debug.WriteLine($"{obj} : {prop.OwnerType}:{prop.Name}");
    }
}

Sample result (control properties with two-way binding as default)

System.Windows.Controls.TextBox : System.Windows.Controls.TextBox:Text
System.Windows.Controls.TextBox : System.Windows.Controls.TextSearch:Text
System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock : System.Windows.Controls.TextSearch:Text
System.Windows.Controls.Label : System.Windows.Controls.TextSearch:Text
System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox Items.Count:0 : System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox:IsDropDownOpen
System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox Items.Count:0 : System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox:Text
System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox Items.Count:0 : System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.Selector:SelectedIndex
System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox Items.Count:0 : System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.Selector:SelectedItem
System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox Items.Count:0 : System.Windows.Controls.Primitives.Selector:SelectedValue
System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox Items.Count:0 : System.Windows.Controls.TextSearch:Text
System.Windows.Controls.Button : System.Windows.Controls.TextSearch:Text

Interestingly, most controls have a TextSearch property which has two-way binding.

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