Binding to datacontext parent property - WPF
I have a DataGrid:
<DataGrid x:Name="DG" ItemsSource="{Binding}" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridTextColumn Header="?" Binding="{Binding l}">
</DataGridTextColumn>
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
There is a collection of class X in the DataContext DataGrid:
public ObservableCollection<xxx> col{ get; set; }// = DataContext of DG
private string lName;
public string LName
{
get { return lName; }
set
{
lName= value;
NotifyPropertyChanged("LName");
}
}
I want lName to be the header of a specific column in a DataGrid
I try like this:
<DataGridTextColumn Binding="{Binding l}">//l=prop of xxx class that contains the collection
<DataGridTextColumn.HeaderTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding DataContext.LName,
RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=DataGrid}}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</DataGridTextColumn.HeaderTemplate>
</DataGridTextColumn>
Does not work
how to do it?