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+
+/*!
+\page propertybinding.html
+\title Property Binding
+
+Property binding is a declarative way of specifying the value of a property. Binding allows
+a property's value to be expressed as an ECMAScript expression that defines the value relative
+to other property values or data accessible in the application. The property value is
+automatically kept up to date if the other properties or data values change.
+
+Property bindings are created implicitly in QML whenever an property is assigned an ECMAScript
+expression. The following QML uses two property bindings to connect the size of the rectangle
+to that of \c otherItem.
+
+\code
+Rectangle {
+ width: otherItem.width
+ height: otherItem.height
+}
+\endcode
+
+QML extends a standards compliant ECMAScript engine, so any valid ECMAScript expression can be
+used as a property binding. Bindings can access object properties, make function calls and even
+use builtin ECMAScript objects like \e {Date} and \e {Math}. Assigning a constant value to a
+property can even be thought of as a binding - afterall, a constant is a valid ECMAScript
+expression! Here are some examples of more complex bindings:
+
+\code
+Rectangle {
+ Script {
+ function calculateMyWidth() {
+ return Math.max(otherItem.width, thirdItem.width);
+ }
+ }
+
+ anchors.centerIn: parent
+ width: Math.min(otherItem.width, 10)
+ height: calculateMyWidth()
+ color: { if (width > 10) "blue"; else "red" }
+}
+\endcode
+
+Being ECMAScript expressions, bindings are evaluated in a scope chain. The \l {QML Scope}
+documentation covers the specifics of scoping in QML.
+
+\list
+\o When does a binding not get updated?
+\o Scope
+\o Assigning a constant/other binding clears existing binding
+\o Loops
+\o Using model data
+\endlist
+
+\section1 Binding Element
+
+The implicit binding syntax shown previously is easy to use and works perfectly for most uses
+of bindings. In some advanced cases, it is necessary to create bindings explicitly using the
+\l Binding element.
+
+One such example is included in the \l {Passing Data Between C++ and QML} documentation.
+\sa {QML/C++ Data Binding}
+*/
+