From 85734f1a47e50ef315ecfb4b34c348719256bd9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giuseppe Lippolis <workgroupengineering@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 09:42:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Binding StringFormat without curly braces

---
 .../Data/Converters/StringFormatValueConverter.cs          | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Converters/StringFormatValueConverter.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Converters/StringFormatValueConverter.cs
index 5307ea4b9a..88cd1f38af 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Converters/StringFormatValueConverter.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Converters/StringFormatValueConverter.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@ namespace Avalonia.Data.Converters
         public object? Convert(object? value, Type targetType, object? parameter, CultureInfo culture)
         {
             value = Inner?.Convert(value, targetType, parameter, culture) ?? value;
-            return string.Format(culture, Format, value);
+            var format = Format!;
+            if (!format.Contains('{'))
+            {
+                format = $"{{0:{format}}}";
+            }
+            return string.Format(culture, format, value);
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>