WinRT (Win 8) Store App XAML Bindings RelativeSourceMode FindAncestor missing?

Question

does anybody know what the \"new way\" of FindAncestor in XAML bindings is? Looking at the RelativeSourceMode (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.u

Answer 1

Why it's missing? No idea, but I doubt there's an explanation other than "Microsoft did not have enough time to implement all the features in time".

An easy work-around is to use ElementName instead, as in:

Binding={ ElementName=TheNameOfTheAncesor, Path=DataContext.TheViewModelProperyIWantToBindTo }

And to add an x:Name attribute to the ancestor you wanted your FindAncestor binding to point to: