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I have a list of objects (same class). Each of these objects has couple of properties. I would like to build a GUI that would show a "tile" for each of these objects and in this "tile" the property values of this object would be displayed. The image bellow illustrates the idea.

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By pressing on the + tile it would be possible to add new object (would bring up the dialogue). The object tiles would wrap to the next line allowing X tiles per line.

What would be your suggestions to do this in a civilized manner to be able to automatically add/remove tiles as an object in the list is created/deleted? Maybe someone knows some examples?

Currently I'm quite blank on how to achieve this.

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Consider using some sort of ItemsControl with a DataTemplate. I would review the follow tutorial on how to do that: http://wpftutorial.net/DataTemplates.html

As Matt Burland stated, you will need to put your objects into a ObservableCollection for them to appear "dynamically".

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    And a command (RelayCommand if you use MVVMLight) for your "+" button in order to bring up the "Create New" dialog. – gretro Feb 12 '14 at 14:36
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Please refer to this post -

WPF toolkit for tile listview

it outlines using a ItemsControl with wrap panel create a tile effect. Hope that helps.

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1) Use a ListBox, bind ItemsSource property to your List. 2) Insert whatever kind of object you like in that list. 3) Create DataTemplate for each kind of object to display

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