WPF Breadcrumb (HierarchyNavigator) Overview

4 May 20211 minute to read

The HierarchyNavigator control in WPF provides a bread-crumb interface, similar to the Windows Explorer address bar in Windows 7, which enables hierarchical navigation.

Features

The features of the HierarchyNavigator control are the following:

• Enables data binding with Business Objects, XML data, and WCF services.
• Enables command binding with MVVM support.
• Helps customize each template part by using Microsoft Expression Blend.
• Provides keyboard navigation support.
• Enables edit mode (with AutoComplete).
• Helps display or remove the progress bar.
• Helps customize templates with HierarchicalDataTemplate.
• Supports multiple skins.
• Displays history.
• Displays ToolTips.