Question

i have a tabcontrol. i’m trying to pass the tabcontrol as a parameter to figure out the selected tab item so i can get the tab header name. Binding this doesn’t seem to work. ideas?

<TabControl Background="#FFF9F9F9" Height="650">
    <i:Interaction.Triggers>
        <i:EventTrigger  EventName="SelectionChanged">
            <n:ExecuteCommandAction Command="{Binding UpdateTabCommand}" Parameter="{Binding this}"/>
        </i:EventTrigger>
    </i:Interaction.Triggers>

in my viewmodel constructor i have:

_updateTabCommand = new ActionCommand< TabControl>(UpdateTab);

private method:

public void UpdateTab(TabControl tabControl)
{
    var tabItem = (TabItem)tabControl.SelectedItem;

Answer 1

1) Use ElementName binding.

Example:

<TabControl Background="#FFF9F9F9"
            Height="650"
            Name="TabControl1">
    <i:Interaction.Triggers>
        <i:EventTrigger  EventName="SelectionChanged">
            <i:InvokeCommandAction Command="{Binding UpdateTabCommand}"
                                    CommandParameter="{Binding ElementName=TabControl1}" />
        </i:EventTrigger>
    </i:Interaction.Triggers>
</TabControl>

2) Use FindAncestor binding:

Example:

<i:Interaction.Triggers>
    <i:EventTrigger  EventName="SelectionChanged">
        <i:InvokeCommandAction Command="{Binding UpdateTabCommand}"
                                CommandParameter="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType=TabControl}}" />
    </i:EventTrigger>
</i:Interaction.Triggers>