Custom GridView-like control - Templated control or User control?

Question

Hi,

I am new in creating templated controls / user controls in XAML. I would like to create a control that looks like the picture below. I am confused if whether this is a user control or a templated control.

Basically, the control has an image and a text. The tile with "MORE" and an arrow is a button. I need your advise on how to create this and if this is possible. The images and texts will come from a single datasource. Thanks!

Answer 1

its a variablesizegridview. see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9790657/how-to-make-variablesized-gridview-item

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Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer - Windows Store Apps Using C#

Answer 2

Thank you! However, if I use that, will I still be able to add button as always the last item in the GridView?

Answer 3

Using a button as the last item is unrelated to the layout. To do this you can use a DataTemplateSelector to swich your item to the button template instead of the image template. The All-In-One Code Framework sample How to disable specified items selection in Listview/Gridview demonstrates the basics of how to use a DataTemplateSelector (you'll have to update the logic to switch the last item added to the group).

--Rob

Answer 4

Thank you Rob! :)