xaml inside xaml. How to bind controls

Asked Aug 04 '15 at 14:39

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I have xaml inside an xaml. The inside xaml has some bindings which are giving some problems. To explain here is my code

Main xaml

<TabItem Header="Configuration" DataContext="{Binding ComponentsVM}">
  <Grid>
    <ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding SomeList}" DisplayMemberPath="Name" SelectedItem="{Binding SomeComponent}" SelectedIndex="0"/>
     <ig:MyInsideXamlElement Content="{Binding MyUserControl}" DataContext="{Binding}" />
  </Grid>
</TabItem>

The inside xaml is

<Grid>
    <TextBox Text="{Binding MySearchPath}"/>
</Grid>

The MyUserControl property displays my binding of UserControl without problems. But the MySearchPath property does not get updated with entity framework class. I suspect the binding of my inner xaml(MySearchPath) does not get resolved because the whole tab item's datacontext is ComponentsVM. Is there any way to give a second datacontext to the inner xaml?

edited Aug 04 '15 at 15:08

Mitat Koyuncu

asked Aug 04 '15 at 14:39

Jack Gray

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What does the object that you are binding to look like? – pete the pagan-gerbil Aug 04 '15 at 14:43
I am using various data entry text boxes in various controls and all these internal controls are binding controls. It was no point giving mutiple TextBox controls in my example hence limited it to one – Jack Gray Aug 04 '15 at 14:45
Define a [dependency property](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/617312/what-is-a-dependency-property) and bind to what do you want. – Mitat Koyuncu Aug 04 '15 at 14:51
How can I make dependency property to change the data context of the inner xaml? – Jack Gray Aug 05 '15 at 06:31

xaml inside xaml. How to bind controls

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