Add an Item to the Navigation Control

• Nov 25, 2020

This lesson explains how to add an item to the navigation control.

In this lesson you will add a Notes item to the navigation control. When a user clicks this item, the application displays a List View for the Note business class added in the following lesson: Add an Action that Displays a Pop-Up Window.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Double-click the Model.DesignedDiffs.xafml file in the MySolution.Module project, the Model Editor opens. In the tree view, navigate to the NavigationItems | Items | Default | Items node. To add a child item to a navigation item, right-click the Items node and select Add… | NavigationItem from the invoked context menu.

   

2. Specify the following properties for the newly added node:

   • Set the View property to Note_ListView.
   • Set the Caption property to Notes.
   • Set the Id property to Note.

   

3. Run the application. You now have an additional navigation item that allows you to add and edit plain text notes.

   

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