Implementing a list box in WPF that looks like the "Songs" view in Windows Media Player 11?

Question

I'd like to implement a view in my WPF application that looks like the Windows Media Player 11 Songs view.

That is: Broken into categories by album. Each album has a the album art and album details. On the right is the list of tracks on that album, with further details.

Any pointers? I'm fairly new to WPF.

Note: Windows Media Player 11 just uses a normal SysListView32 control, which is presumably subclassed to hell and back.

Answer 1

Some tips to get you started:

• Your view models should include collections of type ObservableCollection<T> to allow the UI to detect and automatically reflect any changes made.
• Your views should use CollectionViewSources to group and sort the data.
• Read up on implementing master-detail in WPF.

HTH, Kent