Category Archives: Windows Phone

WP7 Navigation Gotcha

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Marc

Navigating to a page, passing a key defined by a third party can present problems, but taking a little care over the way you pass the parameters can save a world of pain later. Continue reading →

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Silverlight Toolkit ExpanderView – Flat Objects

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Marc

Just one of many ways in which you can bind an ExpanderView control to a collection of simple objects. Continue reading →

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Alter a Pivot controls header template the easy way (WP7)

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Marc

If you want to alter the template for a Windows Phone 7 pivot control’s header, the simplest way is as follows… Of course, all this example does is specifically set the colour used for the title and headers to black, … Continue reading →

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Alternating ListBox item background colours in WP7

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Marc

I had a requirement today to implement alternating row colours in a Windows Phone 7 ListBox. After a bit of frustration with searching and only finding answers tht said “You can’t do it”, or that you need to add a … Continue reading →

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