Data Binding a Collection Dependency Property to a menu in a User Control?

That "proof" of yours does not work because the two objects compared are obviously not equal. You cannot use RelativeSource or ElementName bindings in a collection container because the necessary conditions are not met, i.e. There is no NameScope and since the CollectionContainer is an abtract object which does not appear in the visual tree there also is not parent via which the ancestor could be found.

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