What would be an alternative to x:Reference?

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I have XAML that looks as follows:

<DataTemplate x:Key="CdTeThickness">
        <Grid>
            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <StackPanel Grid.Row = "0" Orientation="Horizontal">
                <CheckBox x:Name="DisplayMarkers"   Content="Display Data Points" Margin="8,5,0,5" HorizontalAlignment="Left" IsChecked="False"/>
                <CheckBox x:Name="DisplayIndicator" Content="Display Indicator"   Margin="8,5,0,5" HorizontalAlignment="Left" IsChecked="False"/>
            </StackPanel>

            <vf:Chart Grid.Row = "1" Style="{StaticResource chartStyle}" IndicatorEnabled="{Binding Source={x:Reference DisplayIndicator}, Path=IsChecked}">
                <vf:Chart.Titles>
                    <vf:Title Text="{Binding Chart.ChartTitle}"/>
                </vf:Chart.Titles>

My understanding is that x:Reference is not widely supported yet. However, this is the only way I was able to bind to the desired property (DisplayIndicator), as shown in the screen shot. Can someone suggest an alternative to x:Reference that will work in this situation?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '12 at 13:34

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Often you can use an ElementName binding, however x:Reference is actually well supported.

{Binding IsChecked, ElementName=DisplayIndicator}

answered May 18 '12 at 13:34

H.B.

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 18 '12 at 13:51

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Also, as an alternative to direct binding, you could bind both the Checkbox.IsChecked and the Chart.IndicatorEnabled enabled to a property (e.g. ChartDisplayMarkers) on your viewmodel.

answered May 18 '12 at 13:51

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What would be an alternative to x:Reference?

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