x:Reference can not be resolved after I re-arrange elements in XAML.

Here I present a working code. Just move the DataGrid element so it comes after the button element and the bindings for the MenuItem in ContextMenu and MultiBinding in Button.IsEnabled become broken. In Button.IsEnabled only MultiBinding is broken. It can be replaced with commented block and x:Reference works in that single binding.

Both throw XamlParseException.

  • MenuItem gives System.Xaml.XamlObjectWriterException and message talks about unresolved reference.
  • MultiBinding gives System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException as inner exception.

So when is that x:Reference actually resolved and why does only some bindings break when referenced element comes after the element that references it?

Here is my XAML:

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:xxx="clr-namespace:WpfApplication1"
        Title="MainWindow" SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight">
    <Window.Resources>
        <xxx:BoolToVisibleConverter x:Key="boolToVisibleConv"></xxx:BoolToVisibleConverter>
        <xxx:NullToFalseConverter x:Key="nullToFalseConv"></xxx:NullToFalseConverter>
        <xxx:NullsOrToFalseConverter x:Key="nullsOrToFalseConv"></xxx:NullsOrToFalseConverter>
        <ContextMenu x:Key="MyMenu">
            <MenuItem 
                Header="Menuitem enabled when row selected" 
                IsEnabled="{Binding 
                    Path=SelectedItem, 
                    Source={x:Reference dataGridElement}, 
                    Converter={StaticResource nullToFalseConv}}" />
        </ContextMenu>
    </Window.Resources>
    <StackPanel>
        <DataGrid 
            Na
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