UIElementExtentions

using System.Windows.Media;

namespace System.Windows
{
    public static class UIElementExtentions
    {
        public static T FindVisualParent<T>(this UIElement element) where T : UIElement
        {
            UIElement parent = element;
            while (parent != null)
            {
                T correctlyTyped = parent as T;
                if (correctlyTyped != null)
                {
                    return correctlyTyped;
                }
                parent = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(parent) as UIElement;
            }
            return null;
        }
    }
}