WPF User Control Parent

Question

I have a user control that I load into a MainWindow at runtime. I cannot get a handle on the containing window from the UserControl.

I hav

Answer 1

This didn't work for me, as it went too far up the tree, and got the absolute root window for the entire application:

Window parentWindow = Window.GetWindow(userControlReference);

However, this worked to get the immediate window:

DependencyObject parent = uiElement;
int avoidInfiniteLoop = 0;
while ((parent is Window)==false)
{
    parent = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(parent);
    avoidInfiniteLoop++;
    if (avoidInfiniteLoop == 1000)
    {
        // Something is wrong - we could not find the parent window.
        break;
    }
}
Window window = parent as Window;
window.DragMove();