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Asked: 2026-05-22T21:07:55+00:00

Im having a problem rendering icons for a dynamic menu which uses viewmodels as

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Im having a problem rendering icons for a dynamic menu which uses viewmodels as an ItemsSource.
The solution I’ve used is outlined here
MVVM Dynamic Menu UI from binding with ViewModel

The basic layout is as follows

<Grid>
  <Grid.Resources>
    <HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type ViewModels:HeaderedItemViewModel}"
        ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Children}">
      <ContentPresenter RecognizesAccessKey="True"></ContentPresenter>
    </HierarchicalDataTemplate>
    <Style TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}">
      <Setter Property="Header" Value="{Binding Path=Header}" />
      <Setter Property="InputGestureText" Value="{Binding Path=InputGestureText}" />
      <Setter Property="Command" Value="{Binding Path=Command}" />
      <Setter Property="Icon">
        <Setter.Value>
          <Image Source="{Binding Path=Icon}" Height="16px" Width="16px" />
        </Setter.Value>
      </Setter>
    </Style>
  </Grid.Resources>
  <Menu Grid.Row="0" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Shell.Navigation.Menus}" />
</Grid>

In the above style the binding ‘Icon’ is ‘ImageSource’. This is set up as follows.

        BitmapImage image = null;

        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(imagePath))
        {
            image = new BitmapImage(new Uri(imagePath, UriKind.Relative));
            image.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
            image.CreateOptions = BitmapCreateOptions.IgnoreImageCache;
        }
        var menu = new HeaderedItemViewModel
                       {
                           Header = header,
                           InputGestureText = inputGesture,
                           ImagePath = imagePath,
                           Icon = image,
                           Command = command,
                           IsEnabled = isEnabled
                       };

The problem I’m having is with the icons.
It seems only one icon will render at a time? Heres what I mean.

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And opening the dropdown menu …

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As soon as another image is rendered the first one disappears? In other words only the last image is visible. This happens with all the images in the menu. Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Add x:Shared=false for your Icon value.
    To do that you should declare Image in resources:

    <Grid>
  <Grid.Resources>

   <Image x:Key="imgCTX" x:Shared="false"
         Source="{Binding Path=Icon}" Height="16px" Width="16px"/>
    <HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType="{x:Type ViewModels:HeaderedItemViewModel}"
        ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Children}">
      <ContentPresenter RecognizesAccessKey="True"></ContentPresenter>
    </HierarchicalDataTemplate>
    <Style TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}">
      <Setter Property="Header" Value="{Binding Path=Header}" />
      <Setter Property="InputGestureText" Value="{Binding Path=InputGestureText}" />
      <Setter Property="Command" Value="{Binding Path=Command}" />
      <Setter Property="Icon" Value="{StaticResource imgCTX}" />
    </Style>
  </Grid.Resources>
  <Menu Grid.Row="0" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Shell.Navigation.Menus}" />
</Grid>
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