Context Menu items command binding WPF using MVVM

Question

I know this question has been asked many times in different ways in many websites and also in StackOverFlow but all the answers I found are not helping me ot to be precise I

Answer 1

I had the same issue. The command bindings stopped working once I moved them to the ViewModel from code behind. And in the viewmodel I had to change my ICommand from RoutedCommand to DelegateCommand. I was able to get it working in the following way -

Add Opened eventhandler to your context menu -

In the code behind, you would assign your ViewModel to the context menu's DataContext -

private void ContextMenu_Opened(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    ContextMenu menu = sender as ContextMenu;
    menu.DataContext = _vm;
}