Question

I have View(XAML included) attached to my ViewModel with commands. I need to invoke command when Button on DataGrid’s row clicked. I’m using behaviors for this (regular commanding have same issue). When I click button on DataGrid – my command does not get fired.

To illustrate issue – I placed ListBox on a bottom with EXACT same binding stuff – and yes, command works. So, it’s something with DataGrid/DataGridTemplateColumn

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White" DataContext="{Binding}">
            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="30" />
                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
                <RowDefinition Height="*" />
            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                <Button Content="Cancel" >
                    <i:Interaction.Triggers>
                        <i:EventTrigger EventName="Click">
                            <ei:CallMethodAction MethodName="Cancel" TargetObject="{Binding}"/>
                        </i:EventTrigger>
                    </i:Interaction.Triggers>
                </Button>
            </StackPanel>
            <sdk:DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="False" IsReadOnly="True" ItemsSource="{Binding Data}" Grid.Row="1">
                <sdk:DataGrid.Columns>
                    <sdk:DataGridTemplateColumn CanUserReorder="True" CanUserResize="True" CanUserSort="True" Width="Auto">
                        <sdk:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
                            <DataTemplate>
                                <Button Content="Select">
                                    <i:Interaction.Triggers>
                                        <i:EventTrigger EventName="Click">
                                            <i:InvokeCommandAction Command="{Binding ElementName=Control, Path=DataContext.ItemSelectedCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding}" />
                                        </i:EventTrigger>
                                    </i:Interaction.Triggers>
                                </Button>  
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </sdk:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
                    </sdk:DataGridTemplateColumn>
                    <sdk:DataGridTextColumn Binding="{Binding DeviceId}" CanUserReorder="True" CanUserResize="True" CanUserSort="True" Header="Device" Width="Auto" FontWeight="Bold" />
                    <sdk:DataGridTextColumn Binding="{Binding SerialNumber}" CanUserReorder="True" CanUserResize="True" CanUserSort="True" Header="Serial Number" Width="Auto" />
                    <sdk:DataGridTextColumn Binding="{Binding LastActivityOn}" CanUserReorder="True" CanUserResize="True" CanUserSort="True" Header="Last Activity" Width="Auto" />
                    <sdk:DataGridTextColumn Binding="{Binding ClientVersion}" CanUserReorder="True" CanUserResize="True" CanUserSort="True" Header="Client Version" Width="Auto" />
                    <sdk:DataGridTextColumn Binding="{Binding OSVersion}" CanUserReorder="True" CanUserResize="True" CanUserSort="True" Header="OS Version" Width="Auto" />
                </sdk:DataGrid.Columns>

            </sdk:DataGrid>
            <ListBox Grid.Row="2" ItemsSource="{Binding Data}">
                <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                            <TextBlock Text="{Binding DeviceId}"></TextBlock>
                            <Button Content="Select">
                                <i:Interaction.Triggers>
                                    <i:EventTrigger EventName="Click">
                                        <i:InvokeCommandAction Command="{Binding ElementName=Control, Path=DataContext.ItemSelectedCommand}" CommandParameter="{Binding}" />
                                    </i:EventTrigger>
                                </i:Interaction.Triggers>
                            </Button>
                        </StackPanel>                        
                    </DataTemplate>
                </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
            </ListBox>
        </Grid>

Answer 1

I am pretty sure inside a DataGrid, you still need the DataContextProxy to make bindings working. The ElementName binding doesn’t work (yes, it is working for ListBox templates, but not DataGrid, this is because DataGridTemplateColumn is not in the visual tree), even in Silverlight 4.

UPDATE

In Silverlight 5, DataContextProxy is not needed in a DataGrid thanks to the support of Ancestor binding.

Example

<Button Command="{Binding DataContext.CancelCommand, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=sdk:DataGrid}}" />