I\'m trying to build a data grid where one of the columns is a font name displayed in that font. Previously, I was working with a list box where I had defined the following
Jared's answer is correct, but I've found a concrete solution that's solved my problem.
http://blogs.msdn.com/vinsibal/archive/2008/12/17/wpf-datagrid-dynamically-updating-datagridcomboboxcolumn.aspx
Following this example, I changed my DataGridTextColumn definition to:
And I don't need to worry about the column inheriting the DataContext. This gives me the result I want.