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Specify Command for MenuItem in a DataTemplate
I have a collection of objects (viewmodels) that represent menu items. Each of them have a command that I would like to execute when a MenuItem is clicked.
If I wanted to do the menu statically, I do it like this:
<ContextMenu>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding Text1}" Command={Binding Command1}>
<MenuItem Header="{Binding Text2}" Command={Binding Command2}>
</ContextMenu>
but when I don't know the items in advance (they come from a collection), I need to assign ContextMenu.ItemsSource - and put a text into a ItemTemplate.
<ContextMenu ItemsSource="{Binding MyMenuItems}">
<ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Text2}" /> <!-- But where to put Command binding? TextBlock.Command makes no sense, and we have no access to MenuItem! -->
</DataTemplate>
</ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>
</ContextMenu>
This way, however, I have no place to bind a Command to - because I can't get the MenuItem for every row!
Any advice, please? Thank you, guys!
<ContextMenu.ItemContainerStyle>
<Style TargetType="MenuItem">
<Setter Property="Command" Value="{Binding AssociatedCommand}" />
</Style>
</ContextMenu.ItemContainerStyle>
where AssociatedCommand is the property on the viewmodel object that holds the ICommand.