How to bind to a control element within a ResourceDictionary - wpf

Question

I'm trying to refer to an element in my WPF Control from within a ResourceDictionary on that control. Here's an example:
<UserControl.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<Behaviors:GridViewInteractionModel x:Key="gridViewInteraction" GridView="{Binding ElementName=myGridView}"/>
</ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>
...
<SomeGridView x:Name="myGridView"/>
The value of the GridView dependency property on the GridViewInteractionModel object should be the SomeGridView object called myGridView.
The above code doesn't work. {Binding ElementName=myGridView} does not bind the element (the SetValue function of GridViewInteractionModel never gets called).
The WPF runtime error is:
Cannot find source for binding with reference 'ElementName=myGridView'.
BindingExpression:(no path); DataItem=null; target element is
'GridViewInteractionModel' (HashCode=15238415); target property is
'GridView' (type 'SomeGridView')
Does anyone know how to get an element within the control to be bound to a property of a resource within the ResourceDictionary?
The only way I've found to get the property set is by manually setting it in the code-behind constructor like this, after InitializeComponent() has been called:
(Resources["gridViewInteraction"] as GridViewInteractionModel).GridView = FindName("myGridView") as SomeGridView;
But that's really ugly (and error-prone).
Thx.

Answer 1

Not entirely sure what you are trying to achieve here. This is an example of how I have dealt with a listview and it's child items:
<Style x:Key="ListViewStyle" TargetType="ListView">
<Setter Property="Background">
<Setter.Value>
<LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
<GradientStop Color="#FFD3D1CF" Offset="0"/>
<GradientStop Color="White" Offset="1"/>
</LinearGradientBrush>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Effect">
<Setter.Value>
<DropShadowEffect Opacity="0.7"/>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
<Style x:Key="ListViewItemStyle" TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Setter Property="Background" Value="#FF494646"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#FFFDFAFA"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="25"></Setter>
<Setter Property="Cursor" Value="Hand"></Setter>
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
</Trigger>
<Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
<ListView x:Name="lvwSettingsYears" x:Uid="lvwSettingsYears" Margin="10,77,10,50"
Style="{DynamicResource ListViewStyle}"
ItemContainerStyle="{DynamicResource ListViewItemStyle}"
SelectionChanged="lvwYears_SelectionChanged">
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn x:Name="SettingsYearListviewID" x:Uid="SettingsYearListviewID" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding id}" Width="0"/>
<GridViewColumn x:Name="SettingsYearListviewCode" x:Uid="SettingsYearListviewCode" Header="Code" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Code}" Width="100"/>
<GridViewColumn x:Name="SettingsYearListviewDesc" x:Uid="SettingsYearListviewDesc" Header="Description" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Description}" Width="300"/>
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
</ListView>
What prompted me to post this is in your error message it mentions
target property is
'GridView' (type 'SomeGridView')
I think it is looking for the control type.