WPF DataGrid: Binding DataGridColumn visibility to ContextMenu MenuItems IsChecked (MVVM)

Question

I want to control DataGrid column visibility through a ContextMenu available to the user by right-clicking the column header. The ContextMenu

Answer 1

I know this is a bit old. But I was looking at doing this and this post is much simpler: http://iimaginec.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/binding-wpf-toolkit%E2%80%99s-datagridcolumn-to-a-viewmodel-datacontext-propogation-for-datagrid-columns-the-mvvm-way-to-interact-with-datagridcolumn/

All you need to do is set DataContext on the Columns and then bind Visibility to your ViewModel as per normal! :) Simple and effective