WPF DataBinding (CommandParameter not working)

Question

I can't get my binding to work. My ActiveView has a ListView (x:Name="MyListView") as well as a view model as it's data context.

I have the following RibbonButton (RibbonControlLibrary):

<r:RibbonButton Label="Update Software" 
    LargeImageSource="/Ganymed.App.UI;component/Images/plain-update.png"
    Command="{Binding ActiveView.DataContext.UpdateSoftwareCommand}"
    CommandParameter="{Binding ActiveView.MyListView.SelectedItems}"/>

The command binding itself works fine. But I can't get the CommandParameter to work. I want to sent along the selected items of the ActiveView's ListView in order to decide whether or not to enabled the command. Am I missing something when binding the CommandParameter?

To clarify the structue:

MainWindow.xaml (contains the RibbonButton, DataContext = MainWindowViewModel)

MainWindowViewModel.cs contains the property ActiveView

ActiveView (contains the MyListView, DataContext = ActiveViewViewModel)

ActiveViewViewModel.cs contains the UpdateSoftwareCommand

Any help would be great. Thanks

Shouldn't it bee ActiveView.MyListView instead of ActiveView.ListView, cause you say the name is "MyListView" ? — SvenG, Mar 16 '12 at 15:09
Hi that was my fault when copying the code. I have changed the name in the example to not confuse anybody else. — Thomas Huber, Mar 16 '12 at 15:14
How does your code for UpdateSoftwareCommand look like? If you use DelegateCommand then you should use DelegateCommand version — Nikolay, Mar 16 '12 at 15:24
In our software solution we have an ActionCommand : ICommand implementation which we use as commands. — Thomas Huber, Mar 16 '12 at 15:26

denis morozov · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-06T14:27:50.320

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One possibility :

 CommandParameter="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type r:RibbonButton}}, Path=SelectedItems}"

Another, you could just add a property SelectedItems to your ViewModel, bind it and have it always in sync and ready for command to operate on

edited May 06 '12 at 14:27

answered Mar 16 '12 at 21:11

denis morozov

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Your solution is not working. I guess it is not working since the ListView is not an Ancestor of the Button within the Visual Tree. – Thomas Huber Mar 19 '12 at 07:06
Sorry, I meant to put as the ancenstor whatever control that has the Binding to your ViewModel – denis morozov Mar 21 '12 at 22:29

WPF DataBinding (CommandParameter not working)

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