Silverlight - Setting DataContext in XAML rather than in constructor?

Question

How can I set the DataContext on my Grid in XAML, instead of in the constructor?

Here is how I do it in the constructor (LayoutRoot is the XAML Grid defined in the X

Answer 1

In Silverlight 4, I was able to get this working by doing the following:

Give the Page/UserControl an x:Name="myPage"

In your control binding use normal Element bidning syntax. In my case I want to bind to an observable collection of objects in my code behind for my ItemsSource property:

I haven't tried this with DataContext but know you can do element to element binding for DataContext as I do this for Grids whose context is based on the selected item of some other drop down on the page.