FAKE ERROR REPORTING

Question

FAKE ERROR REPORTING

Giorgio Sfiligoi 636

In my MET MAUI app I have a popup where the user is supposed to enter a password. Following is a partial snippet:

<Entry x:Name="password" IsPassword="True" HorizontalOptions="Fill" />

<Button Text="OK" Margin="20,0"
        Command="{Binding AcceptCommand}"
        CommandParameter="{Binding Text, Source={x:Reference password}, Mode=OneWay, x:DataType='Entry'}"/>

When the button 'OK' is clicked, it reports the password in the CommandParameter.

Oddly the compiler higlights Binding Text and reports the error: 'Text' is not accessible.

However, the compilation completes successfully and the program runs - then it was not an error after all.

This happens both in NET 9.0 and NET 10. I am using VS 2026.

Can anybody explain this apparent inconsistency, and suggest a method to avoid this annoying fake error?

Erik Zhang 0 Reputation points

2026-01-21T11:07:22.8666667+00:00

I have the same issue. I think it's a bug in VS 2026.

2 answers

Your answer

Erik Zhang 0 Reputation points

2026-01-21T11:07:22.8666667+00:00

I have the same issue. I think it's a bug in VS 2026.

Answer 1

Please try the following code, which works on my side:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:MauiApp1027"
             x:Class="MauiApp1027.MainPage">
    <ContentPage.BindingContext>
        <local:TestViewModel></local:TestViewModel>
    </ContentPage.BindingContext>
   <VerticalStackLayout
            Padding="30,0"
            Spacing="25">
            <Entry x:Name="password" IsPassword="True"  HorizontalOptions="Fill" />
            <Button Text="OK" Margin="20,0"
        Command="{Binding AcceptCommand}"
        CommandParameter="{Binding x:DataType='Entry', Path= Text, Source={x:Reference password}, Mode=OneWay  }" />
   </VerticalStackLayout>
</ContentPage>

TestViewModel.cs

    public class TestViewModel
    {
        public ICommand AcceptCommand { get; set; }
        public TestViewModel() {
            AcceptCommand = new Command <string>(acceptCommand);
        }
        private void acceptCommand(string obj)
        {
             App.Current.MainPage.DisplayAlert("Alert", "The passed data is: "+ obj, "OK");
        }
    }

Answer 2

Deleted

This answer has been deleted due to a violation of our Code of Conduct. The answer was manually reported or identified through automated detection before action was taken. Please refer to our Code of Conduct for more information.

1 deleted comment

Comments have been turned off. Learn more