WPF Databinding combobox to a list

Question

I am having a difficult time trying to bind my property which is of type List to my combobox through XAML.

public List MyProperty  { get; set; }
         


        

Answer 1

If you don't specify anything than just the path, the binding assumes as a source the container DataContext. By the way, the useful property is defined on the container (e.g. the window).

You may solve it as follows (in the xaml):

ItemsSource="{Binding Path=MyProperty, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type Window}}}"