UI to filter a List

[Wells Caughey]

I am creating an application where the main screen is really just a list of
data items from which the user can drill down and get details on an item or
change the status of an item. What I want to do is provide a single List
view that displays the data items, but can also be filtered to show only the
data items that are of a particular status. I have done this with a combo
box, but this approach was rather ugly. What I really want to do is to
create a filtering UI like the one in the PocketPC contacts application.
Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks,
Wells

 

[Ginny Caughey [MVP]]

Hi Wells,

It looks like the Contacts app on the PPC is using a combination of a
borderless button at the top plus a listbox that is initially hidden until
you click the button. You can use an icon file for the down-triangle on the
button if you use the ButtonEx class from the OpenNetCF Smart Device
Framework. The ListBoxEx class would also allow you to use images like the
check mark in the listbox.