Bindings inside a context menu

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<ContextMenu x:Key="ContextMenu">
  <MenuItem x:Name="MenuItemX" Header="2"/>
  <MenuItem Header="{Binding Header, ElementName=MenuItemX}"/>
</ContextMenu>

Using ElementName on a binding inside a context menu doesn't seem to work.
This link[^] describes one way to solve it, however my context menu has no name since it is in a resource dictionary. Any other suggestions?

Posted 30-Nov-10 2:23am

FantasticFiasco

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Pete O'Hanlon · Answer 1 · 2010-11-30T02:47:00

Solution 1

I tend to use a variant of the technique described here[^].

Posted 30-Nov-10 2:47am

Pete O'Hanlon

FantasticFiasco · Answer 2 · 2010-11-30T03:13:00

Solution 2

It is a nice solution, however not to my problem at hand. If the code I was working on was developed in MVVM, I could have moved the code to the ViewModels, however for now I am stuck in the land of XAML and code behind.

As I see it, it is a bug by Microsoft that you as a developer can't bind to other UI elements inside a context menu. What I am searching for is a work around.

Posted 30-Nov-10 3:13am

FantasticFiasco

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DaveyM69 30-Nov-10 9:18am

As you have posted your comment as an Answer, Pete will get no notification that it has been posted. You would be better reposting using the Add Comment link below his Answer and deleting this.