Question

In MainWindow the commandbinding works fine.
In UserControl1 it doesnt work. Note the datacontext is set correctly as is evidenced by the content of the button which is the result of a binding.

I am not trying to bind the command in the usercontrol to a command in mainwindow or any other such trickery. I am just trying to replicate what I did in MainWindow in UserControl1.

MainWindow XAML

<StackPanel>
    <Button Content="Click Here" Command="{Binding ClickHereCommand}" Height="25" Width="90"></Button>
    <local:UserControl1></local:UserControl1>
</StackPanel>

MainWindow Code Behind

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    public static RoutedCommand ClickHereCommand { get; set; }

    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        this.DataContext = this;
        ClickHereCommand = new RoutedCommand();
        CommandBindings.Add(new CommandBinding(ClickHereCommand, ClickHereExecuted));
    }

    public void ClickHereExecuted(object sender, ExecutedRoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        System.Windows.MessageBox.Show("hello");
    }
}

UserControl XAML

<UserControl x:Class="CommandBindingTest.UserControl1"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
         xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
         mc:Ignorable="d" 
         d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300" x:Name="root">

<Grid DataContext="{Binding ElementName=root}" >
    <Button Content="{Binding ButtonContent}" Command="{Binding ClickHereCommand}" Height="25" Width="90"></Button>
</Grid>
</UserControl>

UserControl Code Behind

public partial class UserControl1 : UserControl, INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    private string _ButtonContent;
    public string ButtonContent
    {
        get { return _ButtonContent; }
        set
        {
            if (_ButtonContent != value)
            {
                _ButtonContent = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("ButtonContent");
            }
        }
    }

    public static RoutedCommand ClickHereCommand { get; set; }


    public UserControl1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        ClickHereCommand = new RoutedCommand();
        CommandBindings.Add(new CommandBinding(ClickHereCommand, ClickHereExecuted));
        ButtonContent = "Click Here";
    }

    public void ClickHereExecuted(object sender, ExecutedRoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        System.Windows.MessageBox.Show("hello from UserControl1");
    }


    #region INotifyPropertyChanged Members
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    public void OnPropertyChanged(string name)
    {
        if (PropertyChanged != null)
        {
            PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(name));
        }
    }
    #endregion
}

Answer 1

It’s the best solution:

 <Grid DataContext="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type UserControl}}}" >
        <Button Content="{Binding ButtonContent}" Command="{Binding ClickHereCommand}" Height="25" Width="90"></Button>
 </Grid>

Other solutions:

You forgot set DataContext to UserControl1.

  public UserControl1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            ClickHereCommand = new RoutedCommand();
            CommandBindings.Add(new CommandBinding(ClickHereCommand, ClickHereExecuted));
            ButtonContent = "Click Here";
            this.DataContext = this;
        }

And after this you must delete in UserControl1 DataContext in Grid.

This:

<Grid DataContext="{Binding ElementName=root}" >
    <Button Content="{Binding ButtonContent}" Command="{Binding ClickHereCommand}" Height="25" Width="90"></Button>
</Grid>

you must change to this:

<Grid>
        <Button Content="{Binding ButtonContent}" Command="{Binding ClickHereCommand}" Height="25" Width="90"></Button>
</Grid>

Solution without set DataContext in UserControl:

You must change ButtonContent and ClickHereCommand to DependencyProperty.

        public string ButtonContent
        {
            get { return (string)GetValue(ButtonContentProperty); }
            set { SetValue(ButtonContentProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty ButtonContentProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("ButtonContent", typeof(string), typeof(UserControl1), new UIPropertyMetadata(string.Empty));

        public RoutedCommand ClickHereCommand
        {
            get { return (RoutedCommand)GetValue(ClickHereCommandProperty); }
            set { SetValue(ClickHereCommandProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty ClickHereCommandProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("ClickHereCommand", typeof(RoutedCommand), typeof(UserControl1), new UIPropertyMetadata(null));

And in ctor of UserControl1:

 public UserControl1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        ClickHereCommand = new RoutedCommand();
        CommandBindings.Add(new CommandBinding(ClickHereCommand, ClickHereExecuted));            
        ButtonContent = "Click Here";
        //this.DataContext = this;
    }