How to use binding to bind to the grand-parent element in Silverlight?

Yeah, unfortunately the RelativeSource markup extension is still kind of crippled in Silverlight...all it supports is TemplatedParent and Self, if memory serves. And since Silverlight doesn't support user-created markup extensions (yet), there's no direct analog to the FindAncestor syntax.

Yeah, SL is great, but it is hard to use it after learning WPF, exactly like you write.

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