MinimizedButtonContentTemplate does not work with Binding

[Tobias]

Hi folks,
I have a custom <telerik:RadOutlookBar.MinimizedButtonContentTemplate>:

<telerik:RadOutlookBar.MinimizedButtonContentTemplate>
    <DataTemplate>
        <StackPanel>
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Path=MinimizedTitle}" />
        </StackPanel>
    </DataTemplate>
</telerik:RadOutlookBar.MinimizedButtonContentTemplate>

If I set the Text to a default value like Text="My text.", everything works. But if I use the {Binding}, I don't see any text.
The Binding works as expected in another controls.

Do you have any idea? Thanks a lot!

Greetz,
- Tobias

[Pavel R. Pavlov]

Hello Tobias,

Thank you for contacting us on this matter. I can see that you try to bind the Text property of the TextBlock to a property defined in your ViewModel. In order to do this you need to make sure that the DataContext of the UserControl is propagated to the Button inside the RadOutlookBar control. You can do this by using the following code:

<telerik:RadOutlookBar x:Name="xOutlookBar"
                       IsMinimized="True"
                       MinimizedButtonContent="{Binding}"
                       Width="400">
    <telerik:RadOutlookBar.MinimizedButtonContentTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <StackPanel>
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding TestText}" />
            </StackPanel>
        </DataTemplate>
    </telerik:RadOutlookBar.MinimizedButtonContentTemplate>
    <telerik:RadOutlookBarItem Header="Item 1"/>
</telerik:RadOutlookBar>

Please try this approach out and let me know if you need further assistance.

Regards,
Pavel R. Pavlov
Telerik

[Tobias]

Thanks. It works! :)