Hi,

I've got a strange behavior regarding bindings. When I try to bind a property of a tool, for example the ButtonTool.Caption to my ViewModel, the binding never happens. (There are no binding errors listed in the Output window in VS). However, a binding does occur if I create my ViewModel as a resource and reference it using key throught StaticResource. Is this a bug? Why does the binding never occur?

So this piece of code "works";

<

UserControl x:Class="IGDialog.MainPage"
xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation
xmlns:x=http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml
xmlns:d=http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008
xmlns:mc=http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006
xmlns:ig=infragistics.com/Controls
mc:Ignorable="d"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:IGDialog"
d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400">

<UserControl.Resources>
    <local:DataItem x:Key="DataItemHolder"/>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
    <ig:XamWebRibbon>
       <ig:XamWebRibbon.Tabs>
          <ig:XamWebRibbonTabItem Header="Tab1">
             <ig:XamWebRibbonGroup Caption="Group 1">
                  <ig:ButtonTool Caption="{Binding Path=MyCaption, Source={StaticResource DataItemHolder}}"> 
                  </ig:ButtonTool>
             </ig:XamWebRibbonGroup>
         </ig:XamWebRibbonTabItem>
       </ig:XamWebRibbon.Tabs>
    </ig:XamWebRibbon>
</Grid>
</UserControl>

And this piece of code DOES NOT work;

<UserControl x:Class="IGDialog.MainPage"
xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation
xmlns:x=http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml
xmlns:d=http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008
xmlns:mc=http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006
xmlns:ig=http://infragistics.com/Controls
mc:Ignorable="d"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:IGDialog"
d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400">
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
    <ig:XamWebRibbon>
       <ig:XamWebRibbon.Tabs>
          <ig:XamWebRibbonTabItem Header="Tab1">
             <ig:XamWebRibbonGroup Caption="Group 1">
                  <ig:ButtonTool Caption="{Binding Path=MyCaption}"> 
                  </ig:ButtonTool>
             </ig:XamWebRibbonGroup>
         </ig:XamWebRibbonTabItem>
       </ig:XamWebRibbon.Tabs>
    </ig:XamWebRibbon>
</Grid>
</UserControl>

public

MainPage()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    this.DataContext = new DataItem();
}

Thanks!