How can I get TextBlock to literally say "{Binding}"?

Question

In XAML, if you insert

<TextBlock Text="Hello World" />

You will see the words "Hello World".

If you insert

<TextBlock Text="{Binding}" />

it will call the data binding function. But what if I really wanted the displayed text to be "{Binding}"?

Is there an equivalent escape characters in XAML strings?

Or my only solution for this:

<TextBlock>Binding</TextBlock>

Answer 1

You can escape the whole line with "{}":

<TextBlock Text="{}{Binding}"/>

Or individual braces can be escaped with a backslash:

<TextBlock Text="{Binding Foo,StringFormat='Hello \{0\}'}" />

Answer 2

'{}' - , CDATA:

<TextBlock>
    <TextBlock.Text>
        <![CDATA[{Binding}]]>
    </TextBlock.Text>
</TextBlock>

CDATA .

Answer 3

:

<TextBlock Text="&#123;Binding&#125;" />

.

Answer 4

You need to avoid the {and} characters, so you get <TextBlock Text="\{Binding\}" />