WPF Context menu doesn't bind to right databound item

Question

I have a problem when binding a command in a context menu on a usercontrol that is on a tab page. The first time I use the menu (right-click on the tab) it works great, but

Answer 1

The cleanest way I have found to bind commands to context menu items involves using a class called CommandReference. You can find it in the MVVM toolkit on Codeplex at WPF Futures.

The XAML might look like this:

MyCustomCommand is a RelayCommand on the ViewModel. In this example, the ViewModel was attached to the view's datacontext in the code-behind.

Note: this XAML was copied from a working project and simplified for illustration. There may be typos or other minor errors.