I intended to disable and enable the Buttons outside the TabControl, just like those inside the TabItem when the current tab is changed. But the CommandBindings of the TabIt
MSFT gave me the correct answer in their WPF forum, here (http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wpf/thread/bb3d1eb1-96fa-4fbc-beda-799613acb9f7)