Folks, I think I've outsmarted myself. I have a DataGrid bound with a
template column containing a Button and it's all looking quite acceptable.
Now I'm a bit flummoxed, as when one of the buttons is clicked I have to
find out which object in the data source is behind the row containing the
If you are using MVVM, then you can bind your button to a command on the object
being bound to.
From: ozsilverlight-boun...@ozsilverlight.com
[mailto:ozsilverlight-boun...@ozsilverlight.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Tuesday, 6 December 2011 8:04 PM
To: 'ozSilverlight'
Subject: DataGrid
To find the DataGridCell that contains the clicked button I found that a
simple iteration up through the Parent properties of the sender eventually
reaches the cell. I don't go to the trouble of using the VisualTreeHelper as
the Parent property was enough in this case (I was doing that in a WPF
The row being acted upon is what actually has the Command object, so you're
already in the context of what you want to get information from
ViewModel:
Public ObservableCollectionFooModel Foos { get; set; }
FooModel:
public string Name { get; set; }
public RelayCommand AddWidget { get;
You should be able to grab the data context from sender without iterating the
visual tree at all. Data contexts flow down automatically.
Cheers,
Jordan.
On 06/12/2011, at 11:03 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote:
Folks, I think I’ve outsmarted myself. I have a DataGrid bound with a
Create a user control and place it in the cell.
Have a dependency property on it to publish the select color back to where you
need...
Cheers,
Jordan.
On 06/12/2011, at 7:07 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote:
Now that’s solved, I have an even more ambitious thing to try.
I want to
It’s all working now. It turns out I didn’t need to walk up anywhere for the
DataContext, as the I managed to embed a C1 colour picker control into the
template cell and bind it directly to the Colour property. The screen shot I’ve
pasted below (if your email can see it) shows how I’ve bound a
