diff --git a/AppKit/CPCheckBox.j b/AppKit/CPCheckBox.j
index d58c49402..c13c3b5cc 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPCheckBox.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPCheckBox.j
@@ -110,40 +110,15 @@ CPCheckBoxImageOffset = 4.0;
     [self _setPlaceholder:CPOffState forMarker:CPNullMarker isDefault:YES];
 }
 
-- (void)setValueFor:(CPString)theBinding
+- (void)setPlaceholderValue:(id)aValue withMarker:(CPString)aMarker forBinding:(CPString)aBinding
 {
-    var destination = [_info objectForKey:CPObservedObjectKey],
-        keyPath = [_info objectForKey:CPObservedKeyPathKey],
-        options = [_info objectForKey:CPOptionsKey],
-        newValue = [destination valueForKeyPath:keyPath],
-        isPlaceholder = CPIsControllerMarker(newValue);
+    [_source setAllowsMixedState:(aValue === CPMixedState)];
+    [_source setState:aValue];
+}
 
-    if (isPlaceholder)
-    {
-        if (newValue === CPNotApplicableMarker && [options objectForKey:CPRaisesForNotApplicableKeysBindingOption])
-        {
-           [CPException raise:CPGenericException
-                       reason:@"can't transform non applicable key on: " + _source + " value: " + newValue];
-        }
-
-        newValue = [self _placeholderForMarker:newValue];
-
-        if (newValue === CPMixedState)
-        {
-            [_source setAllowsMixedState:YES];
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // Cocoa will always set allowsMixedState to NO
-            // This behavior will be fine for Cappuccino as well if we (like Cocoa)
-            // default the CPConditionallySetsEnabledBindingOption to YES
-            [_source setAllowsMixedState:NO];
-        }
-    }
-    else
-        newValue = [self transformValue:newValue withOptions:options];
-
-    [_source setState:newValue];
+- (void)setValue:(id)aValue forBinding:(CPString)aBinding
+{
+    [_source setState:aValue];
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/AppKit/CPKeyValueBinding.j b/AppKit/CPKeyValueBinding.j
index 89b4214e2..d7518026d 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPKeyValueBinding.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPKeyValueBinding.j
@@ -149,15 +149,40 @@ var CPBindingOperationAnd = 0,
     return self;
 }
 
-- (void)setValueFor:(CPString)aBinding
+- (void)setValueFor:(CPString)theBinding
 {
     var destination = [_info objectForKey:CPObservedObjectKey],
         keyPath = [_info objectForKey:CPObservedKeyPathKey],
         options = [_info objectForKey:CPOptionsKey],
-        newValue = [destination valueForKeyPath:keyPath];
+        newValue = [destination valueForKeyPath:keyPath],
+        isPlaceholder = CPIsControllerMarker(newValue);
 
-    newValue = [self transformValue:newValue withOptions:options];
-    [_source setValue:newValue forKey:aBinding];
+    if (isPlaceholder)
+    {
+        if (newValue === CPNotApplicableMarker && [options objectForKey:CPRaisesForNotApplicableKeysBindingOption])
+        {
+           [CPException raise:CPGenericException
+                       reason:@"Can't transform non applicable key on: " + _source + " Key Path:" + keyPath + " value: " + newValue];
+        }
+
+        var value = [self _placeholderForMarker:newValue];
+        [self setPlaceholderValue:value withMarker:newValue forBinding:theBinding];
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        var value = [self transformValue:newValue withOptions:options];
+        [self setValue:value forBinding:theBinding];
+    }
+}
+
+- (void)setPlaceholderValue:(id)aValue withMarker:(CPString)aMarker forBinding:(CPString)aBinding
+{
+    [_source setValue:aValue forKey:aBinding];
+}
+
+- (void)setValue:(id)aValue forBinding:(CPString)aBinding
+{
+    [_source setValue:aValue forKey:aBinding];
 }
 
 - (void)reverseSetValueFor:(CPString)aBinding
diff --git a/AppKit/CPTextField.j b/AppKit/CPTextField.j
index 5f3197720..0145649c2 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTextField.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTextField.j
@@ -1521,32 +1521,15 @@ var CPTextFieldIsEditableKey            = "CPTextFieldIsEditableKey",
     [self _setPlaceholder:@"" forMarker:CPNullMarker isDefault:YES];
 }
 
-- (void)setValueFor:(CPString)theBinding
+- (void)setPlaceholderValue:(id)aValue withMarker:(CPString)aMarker forBinding:(CPString)aBinding
 {
-    var destination = [_info objectForKey:CPObservedObjectKey],
-        keyPath = [_info objectForKey:CPObservedKeyPathKey],
-        options = [_info objectForKey:CPOptionsKey],
-        newValue = [destination valueForKeyPath:keyPath],
-        isPlaceholder = CPIsControllerMarker(newValue);
+    [_source setPlaceholderString:aValue];
+    [_source setObjectValue:nil];
+}
 
-    if (isPlaceholder)
-    {
-        if (newValue === CPNotApplicableMarker && [options objectForKey:CPRaisesForNotApplicableKeysBindingOption])
-        {
-           [CPException raise:CPGenericException
-                       reason:@"can't transform non applicable key on: " + _source + " value: " + newValue];
-        }
-
-        newValue = [self _placeholderForMarker:newValue];
-
-        [_source setPlaceholderString:newValue];
-        [_source setObjectValue:nil];
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        newValue = [self transformValue:newValue withOptions:options];
-        [_source setObjectValue:newValue];
-    }
+- (void)setValue:(id)aValue forBinding:(CPString)aBinding
+{
+    [_source setObjectValue:aValue];
 }
 
 @end