CanvasView

[michael-hawker]

CanvasView

Tracking Issue: #212

Problem Statement

Canvas is great for laying out objects in a general way (think PowerPoint), but doesn't accept a collection of items or provide a way to bind data objects to the location of the object with Canvas.Left/Top.

Also see CanvasLayout #311

Inspiration

Originally built to solve these issues, provides a simple way to enable this scenario and provide some basic dragging capabilities.

Proposed Solution

Not meant to be a full solution, but as much as a helper as possible without much complexity.

Also adds a binding helper to connect bindings between the templated item and the parent data object.

Open Questions

• Issues with control sizing for scrolling as part of a larger container.

API Reference Docs

• Canvas
• ItemsControl

References