WPF CommandParameter is NULL first time CanExecute is called

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I was having this same issue while trying to bind to a command on my view model.

I changed it to use a relative source binding rather than referring to the element by name and that did the trick. Parameter binding didn’t change.

Old Code:

Command="{Binding DataContext.MyCommand, ElementName=myWindow}"

New Code:

Command="{Binding DataContext.MyCommand, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=Views:MyView}}"

Update: I just came across this issue without using ElementName, I’m binding to a command on my view model and my data context of the button is my view model. In this case I had to simply move the CommandParameter attribute before the Command attribute in the Button declaration (in XAML).

CommandParameter="{Binding Groups}"
Command="{Binding StartCommand}"

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