Binding problem in C# wpf

Question

I have a problem whit binding in wpf i have a textbox where i can do some input, then i try to bind the textinput to a custom usercontrol. This work for the usercontrol within RowDetailsTemplate but not in the CellTemplate. For each object in the CellTemplate i get this error output:

System.Windows.Data Error: 4 : Cannot find source for binding with reference 'ElementName=ScaleTextBox'. BindingExpression:Path=Text; DataItem=null; target element is 'Chart' (Name=''); target property is 'MaxValue' (type 'Int32')

My code looks like this:

XAML
<ToolBarTray ToolBarTray.IsLocked="True"  DockPanel.Dock="Top" Height="25">
    <ToolBar Name="ButtonBar" >
        <TextBox Height="23" Name="ScaleTextBox" Width="120" Text="400"/>
    </ToolBar>
</ToolBarTray>
<DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Items}" AutoGenerateColumns="False" IsReadOnly="True" RowHeight="25" RowDetailsVisibilityMode="VisibleWhenSelected">
       <DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" >
                <my:UserControl ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Samples}" MaxValue="{Binding ElementName=ScaleTextBox, Path=Text}"/>-->
            </StackPanel>
        </DataTemplate>
    </DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate>
    <DataGrid.Columns>
        <DataGridTemplateColumn MinWidth="150" Header="Chart" >
            <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                    <my:UserControl ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Samples}" MaxValue="{Binding ElementName=ScaleTextBox, Path=Text}"/><!-- this is the problem -->
                </DataTemplate>
            </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
        </DataGridTemplateColumn>

    </DataGrid.Columns>

</DataGrid>

C#
public static readonly DependencyProperty MaxValueProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("MaxValue", typeof(int), typeof(Chart), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(MaxValuePropertyChanged));
private static void MaxValuePropertyChanged(DependencyObject source, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
{
    Console.WriteLine(e.NewValue);
}

What do i do wrong?

Answer 1

From this link

The Columns collection is just a property in the Datagrid; this collection is not in the logical (or visual) tree, therefore the DataContext is not being inherited, which leads to there being nothing to bind to.

Hence it works for your RowDetailsTemplate and not for your columns I guess.

Answer 2

You can try this:

<DataTemplate>
   <my:UserControl 
     ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Samples}" 
     MaxValue="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type local:YourControlClassName}}, ElementName=ScaleTextBox, Path=Text}"/>
</DataTemplate> 

Answer 3

Ok, i Solved it using ElementSpy, to see how elementSpy works look here: http://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/enable-elementname-bindings-with-elementspy/

and the xaml:

<my:UserControl  local:ElementSpy.NameScopeSource="{StaticResource ElementSpy}" ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Samples}" MaxValue="{Binding ElementName=ScaleTextBox, Path=Text}" />