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Asked: 2026-05-11T14:27:19+00:00

This is no doubt a newbish question, but I have looked for an answer

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This is no doubt a newbish question, but I have looked for an answer to no avail. My setup is simple: I have a ListBox control defined in XAML and an ObservableCollection<MyClass> in the same class. I am binding the ObservableCollection<MyClass> to the ListBox.

Within the hierarchy of this ListBox in XAML, I want to bind to a given MyClass object, not to a child property of the MyClass object.

To clarify, I have XAML that looks like the following (I bind the ObservableCollection in code):

  <ListBox x:Name='MyListBox'>     <ListBox.ItemTemplate>      <DataTemplate>       <MyControls:SpecialControl MyClassObj='{Binding !!!}' />      </DataTemplate>     </ListBox.ItemTemplate>   </ListBox>

Surely there is a way to get at the object of an ObservableCollection rather than being forced to bind to one of its child properties.

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  1. You do not have to specify a Path if you want to use the bound object itself:

    <ListBox x:Name='MyListBox'>   <ListBox.ItemTemplate>     <DataTemplate>       <MyControls:SpecialControl MyClassObj='{Binding}' />     </DataTemplate>   </ListBox.ItemTemplate> </ListBox>

    BTW: Instead of your custom property, you can use the DataContext property of your control to bind the control to the object:

    <ListBox x:Name='MyListBox'>   <ListBox.ItemTemplate>     <DataTemplate>       <MyControls:SpecialControl DataContext='{Binding}' />     </DataTemplate>   </ListBox.ItemTemplate> </ListBox>
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