How to layout a GroupPickerItemsPanel with sample data bound.

[Karsten]

Hi,

first let me say thanks for the very good Telerik Tools for WP7! I have a question regarding the GroupPickerItemsPanel. I've been following your demo application to setup the jump list and the group picker. All controls inside my application are data bound, also the jump list as well as the group picker. To be able to show linked and unlinked items inside the later I've used the GroupPickerItemTemplateSelector similar as in your demo app. Everything works fine if I run the application on a device (except the eval message  ;)  ), but my designer complains that he can't properly layout out the items inside the group picker panel as they are not shown at all. Now the question is, is it possible (or is there a way) to design the panel inside Expression Blend or do I have to manually figure out the layout by build and run? Any hints would be much appreciated.

Thanks and keep up the good work,
Karsten

[Deyan]

Hi Karsten,

Thanks for contacting us and for the nice words about RadControls for Windows Phone!

Currently the GroupPicker of RadJumpList cannot be designed within Expression Blend. Since, however, the component is simply a popup with an Items Control that positions items according to its layout panel, you can use a standard ItemsControl in expression blend and design its appearance and reuse it for the group picker.

Let me know in case you need further assistance.

Kind regards,
Deyan
the Telerik team