Dealing with State in UWP Tile View (SfTileView)

18 Feb 20252 minutes to read

Setting item state

State property is used to set the state of tile view item. The possible values of State are:

  • Maximized
  • Normal

At most only one item can be in maximized state and the remaining items are in normal state.

<layout:SfTileView Width="500" Height="300"
                   x:Name="tileView" MinimizedItemsOrientation="Right">

<layout:SfTileViewItem Background="LightBlue" x:Name="tileItem1"
                       Content="PaulVent" State="Maximized">

<layout:SfTileViewItem.MaximizedContent>

<Border Background="LightBlue">

<TextBlock Text="Description about Paul"/>

</Border>

</layout:SfTileViewItem.MaximizedContent>

</layout:SfTileViewItem>

<layout:SfTileViewItem Background="LightBlue" Content="James">

<layout:SfTileViewItem.MaximizedContent>

<Border Background="LightBlue">

<TextBlock Text="Description about James"/>

</Border>

</layout:SfTileViewItem.MaximizedContent>

</layout:SfTileViewItem>

<layout:SfTileViewItem Background="LightBlue" Content="Carl">

<layout:SfTileViewItem.MaximizedContent>

<Border Background="LightBlue">

<TextBlock Text="Description about Carl"/>

</Border>

</layout:SfTileViewItem.MaximizedContent>

</layout:SfTileViewItem>

<layout:SfTileViewItem Background="LightBlue" Content="Niko">

<layout:SfTileViewItem.MaximizedContent>

<Border Background="LightBlue">

<TextBlock Text="Description about Niko"/>

</Border>

</layout:SfTileViewItem.MaximizedContent>

</layout:SfTileViewItem>

</layout:SfTileView>
tileItem1.State = Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Controls.Layout.TileViewItemState.Maximized;
tileItem1.State = Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Controls.Layout.TileViewItemState.Maximized

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Maximizing item programmatically

MaximizedItem property is used to get the instance of maximized tile view item. It is a read-only property.

SfTileViewItem maximizedItem = tileView.MaximizedItem;
Dim maximizedItem As SfTileViewItem = tileView.MaximizedItem

Retrieving the Minimized items

MinimizedItems property is used to get a collection of minimized tile view items. It is a read-only property.

ObservableCollection<object> minimizedItems = tileView.MinimizedItems;
Dim minimizedItems As ObservableCollection(Of Object) = tileView.MinimizedItems