Binding Label content to Self string field but no result

Question

I'm trying what should be an easy bind in my user control:

<UserControl x:Class="MyApp.FlowNode" ...>
    <StackPanel>
        <Label Content="{Binding Path=Header, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" />
    </StackPanel>
</UserControl>

With the underlying code being:

public partial class FlowNode : UserControl
{
    public FlowNode()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    public string Header { get { return "Testing"; } };
}

However, the label stays blank. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

In your constructor, set the DataContext of the UserControl to itself. "this.DataContext = this". And remove the RelativeSource in your binding.

Answer 2

{RelativeSource Self} refers to the Label instance, not your user control.

Instead of using a RelativeSource, you should set the UserControl's DataContext to itself, as karmicpuppet suggested.

Answer 3

Try to use

{Binding Path=Header, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type FlowNode}}}.