Hi

I have a xamgrid within which I have a xamgrid.contextmenu. I also have the below command class.

Command class

public class CopyToClipboardCommand : Freezable, ICommand
{
public static readonly DependencyProperty DataGridProperty =
DependencyProperty.Register("DataGrid", typeof (XamGrid),
typeof (CopyToClipboardCommand)
);

public XamGrid DataGrid
{
get { return (XamGrid)GetValue(DataGridProperty); }
set { SetValue(DataGridProperty, value); }
}

protected virtual void RaiseCanExecuteChanged()
{
if (CanExecuteChanged != null)
{
CanExecuteChanged(this, EventArgs.Empty);
}
}

#region ICommand

public bool CanExecute(object parameter)
{
return true;
}

public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged;

public void Execute(object parameter)
{
DataGrid.CopyToClipboard();
}

#endregion

protected override Freezable CreateInstanceCore()
{
return new CopyToClipboardCommand();
}

}

I bind the above class to one of the menu item as shown below

// Bindings not shown for clarity

<ig:XamGrid x:Name="grid">

<ig:XamGrid.ContextMenu>
<ContextMenu>
<MenuItem Header="Copy">
<MenuItem.Command>
<commands:CopyToClipboardCommand
DataGrid="{Binding ElementName=grid}"/>
</MenuItem.Command>
</MenuItem>
</ContextMenu>
</ig:XamGrid.ContextMenu>

</ig:XamGrid>

The grid instance is always passed as null to the Execute and the CanExecute methods. I guess somehow the context menu is not able to access the xamgrid instance even though I use binding elementName=grid. Can you let me know what is going wrong here that I'm not able to access the xamgrid instance inside my command class?

Thanks

Chev