I just released a small library for arranging any visual item in a tiled-fashion, very similar to the famous “start screen” of Windows 8/10, but following a fixed-position configuration.
The problem with the ordinary tiled-layout views is about the possible re-arrangement of the tiles, thus a user might see a different result upon the actual viewport size. I needed something “fixed” instead. The user should define the layout by editing the grid via drag-and-drop, then that layout will be fixed for any screen. However, the editor should consider more than a single arrangement, whereas the feasible displays can’t fit the desired layout.
The demo leverages an useful MVVM pattern, and allows to define several kind of blocks: fixed, full-sizable, shrinkable, expandable, on just one or both the directions.
The library is working, but at the moment as a beta (several minor problems and refinements to work on). A reasonable prototype to put your hands on, though.
As described, the project is tailored for the Universal Windows Platform, so only Windows 10 (phones and IoT as well) is supported. You must use Visual Studio 2015 on Windows 10 for development also.
Editing mode (drag-and-drop to add/move/remove tiles)
Blocks size is modifiable at any time
The view mode: as any normal hub page.
Have fun!
Played with transistors and ICs before being ten. First approaches to programming (PET Commodore) in the early '80.
Then AppleSoft, TurboPascal, Assembler and VisualBasic.
Currently employed at CET Electronics as lead software developer, involved in creation of industrial control systems.
Loving graphics technologies, I had some great time with SVG.
Since 2006 my primary language is C#, where I am focusing on WPF.
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