Implement a Binding System

[azunyuuuuuuu]

A very welcomed addition would be the implementation of a Binding System so we can develop our Applications using fancy design patterns like Model-View-ViewModel. This would significantly increase the speed at which we could develop our UIs and also would lower the amount of code required for GUI heavy applications.

[cwensley]

This should be implemented now with the latest code.

You can bind to objects directly, or to a DataContext property of a widget, which is hierarchical. E.g. you can set the DataContext on your form, and then bind properties of each control to the data context very easily by way of:

myTextBoxControl.Bind("Text", "MyDataContextProperty", DualBindingMode.TwoWay);

or to a specific object:

myTextBoxControl.Bind("Text", myObjectToBindTo, "MyObjectProperty", DualBindingMode.TwoWay);

If you use DualBindingMode.OneWay, then you can use myForm.UpdateBindings() to update your object model. e.g. if you only want to update the object model when you click a button like 'save'.