From 5e87cffc9cc9cdf25987b508fa76f0536dc164b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Walmsley <dan@walms.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 16:02:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] CompiledBinding correctly locates IDataContextProvider as
 anchor. (implementation was in ReflectionBinding but missing from
 CompiledBinding)

---
 .../MarkupExtensions/CompiledBindingExtension.cs           | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/CompiledBindingExtension.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/CompiledBindingExtension.cs
index 17d2ea7ae9..5c4d9315d5 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/CompiledBindingExtension.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/MarkupExtensions/CompiledBindingExtension.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.MarkupExtensions
             // the context.
             object anchor = provider.GetFirstParent<IControl>();
 
+            if (anchor is null)
+            {
+                // Try to find IDataContextProvider, this was added to allow us to find
+                // a datacontext for Application class when using NativeMenuItems.
+                anchor = provider.GetFirstParent<IDataContextProvider>();
+            }
+
             // If a control was not found, then try to find the highest-level style as the XAML
             // file could be a XAML file containing only styles.
             return anchor ??