.Net v4 DataGridTextColumn.IsReadOnly seems to be faulty

Question

If I create a binding to the IsReadOnly property of the DataGridTextColumn, it does not actualize. If I set it through markup, it works.

<DataGridTextColumn IsReadOnly="{Binding IsReferenceInactive}"/> <!-- NOP --> 

<DataGridTextColumn IsReadOnly="True"/> <!-- Works as expected, cell is r/o -->

The IsReferenceInactive property is a DP and works fine (For testing purposes I've bound it to a checkbox, that worked)

Is this a known limitation?

Update

Uups, other than I wrote, there is a message in the output window:

System.Windows.Data Error: 2 : Cannot find governing FrameworkElement or FrameworkContentElement for target element. BindingExpression:Path=IsReferenceInactive; DataItem=null; target element is 'DataGridTextColumn' (HashCode=23836176); target property is 'IsReadOnly' (type 'Boolean')

Seems to be this one:

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/530280/wpf-4-vs2010-datagrid-isreadonly-does-not-work-with-binding-to-boolean-property

Answer 1

DataGridColumns are not part of the visual tree, and don't participate in binding like this. The way I get around it is to use DataGridTemplateColumn.

There are other workarounds, which I've found a bit too hackish, but they do work; to wit: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jaimer/archive/2008/11/22/forwarding-the-datagrid-s-datacontext-to-its-columns.aspx