Binding to viewmodel from inside a datatemplate

Question

I have multiple videos displayed they are bound with a videocollection in Mainviewmodel. Everything works fine untill I try to bind the enter command to Mainviewmodel. I Don

Answer 1

Command="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type Window}}, Path=DataContext.StartVideo}"

Answer 2

Another approach would be to use ElementName binding instead of RelativeSource.

Example:

<Window x:Name="root" ... >

  ...

  Command="{Binding ElementName=root, Path=DataContext.StartVideo}"

  ...

A possible advantage over RelativeSource is that this is explicit; if someone changes the XAML hierarchy then relative references could break unintentionally. (Not likely in this specific example of binding to a Window however).

Also if your "root" element already is named then so much the better it is easy to take advantage of.

It is also somewhat more readable.