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Adding ListView, SemanticZoom, and other data controls (XAML)

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[ This article is for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x developers writing Windows Runtime apps. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation ]

Most applications manipulate and display sets of data, such as a gallery of images or a set of email messages. The XAMLUI framework for Windows Runtime apps provides several controls that make it easy to display and manipulate data. The topics in this section describe these data and presentation controls: FlipView, ListView, GridView, and SemanticZoom.

ListView

GridView

A control that presents a collection of items in a list that can scroll vertically.

A control that presents a collection of items in rows and columns that can scroll horizontally.

FlipView

A control that presents a collection of items that the user can flip through, one item at a time.

SemanticZoom

A container control that lets the user zoom between two views of a collection of items.

 

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Topic Description

Adding ListView and GridView controls

The topics in this section describe how to create and use the ListView and GridView controls to display data in a customizable list or grid.

Adding FlipView controls

Describes how to create and use the FlipView control, a XAML control that lets you flip through a collection of items.

Adding SemanticZoom controls

The SemanticZoom control enables the user to zoom between two different views of the same content. The topics in this section show you how to use the SemanticZoom control.

 

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