WP7 alternative to tabs

Question

I have a mobile app. On the two major smartphone platforms, I employ tabbed UI - there are 3-4 screens with pretty much independent functionality, they exchange info very occasionally, most of the time screen switching is performed by the user, in arbitrary order.

Windows Phone 7 does not have a tab control, and page navigation assumes a stack model (you go back to where you came from). What would be a sensible WP7 alternative to that kind of UI?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '11 at 15:49

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The general Phone-7 replacement for the tab paradigm would be either a Pivot or a Panorama. Which you choose depends a lot on exactly on what you're showing, but generally speaking the Pivot is probably what you're after.

answered Sep 02 '11 at 15:49

ctacke

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 02 '11 at 15:49

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I would recomend a pivot control

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 02 '11 at 15:50

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WP7 UI is built around the metro style and it was a deliberate choice to not have a tab control. (have a look at the official guidelines here) I would recommend you use a metro control like panorama or pivot.

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Tom Squires

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WP7 alternative to tabs

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