CommunityToolkit / CommunityToolkit/dotnet
`PropertyChanged` triggered on empty string
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Description
### Describe the bug
The following returns false even though both are empty strings
```cs
if (!global::System.Collections.Generic.EqualityComparer.Default.Equals(myString, value))
```
### Regression
_No response_
### Steps to reproduce
```text
1.
2. Leave empty and tab in and out.
3. `OnPropertyChanged` (and the other methods) is called
```
### Expected behavior
PropertyChanged should not be triggered when the new value is an empty string for a current empty string value.
### Screenshots
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### IDE and version
VS 2022
### IDE version
_No response_
### Nuget packages
- [ ] CommunityToolkit.Common
- [ ] CommunityToolkit.Diagnostics
- [ ] CommunityToolkit.HighPerformance
- [X] CommunityToolkit.Mvvm (aka MVVM Toolkit)
### Nuget package version(s)
8.2.2
### Additional context
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### Help us help you
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the empty-string TextBox binding case with CommunityToolkit.Mvvm 8.2.2 in VS 2022, then trace the property-notification path used by the `x:Bind` example. Done means leaving an already-empty TextBox no longer calls `OnPropertyChanged` or related methods; add a regression test if the relevant test area is identified.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100