DataGridTextColumn.IsReadOnly seems to be faulty

Question

If I create a binding to the IsReadOnly property of the DataGridTextColumn, it does not actualize. If I set it through markup, it works.

Answer 1

DataGridColumns are not part of the visual tree, and don't participate in binding like this. The way I get around it is to use DataGridTemplateColumn.

There are other workarounds, which I've found a bit too hackish, but they do work; to wit: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jaimer/archive/2008/11/22/forwarding-the-datagrid-s-datacontext-to-its-columns.aspx