How do I set WPF xaml form's Design DataContext to class that uses generic type parameters

Question

Originally my .xaml form used the following line to set the Designer\'s DataContext where the view model was a non-generic type (note I\'m talking about the Design time

Answer 1

A clean option would be to create a new type which just flattens the generic type:

public class CustomerSearchDialogViewModel : SearchDialogViewModel 
{
}