Text tile (landing) template (XAML)
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Use this item template with a GridView to create a landing page that displays a collection with a tile and text.
This example shows the image gallery DataTemplate and a GridView that uses the template.
<DataTemplate x:Key="TextTileLandingTemplate">
<Grid Background="DarkGray" Width="250" Height="250">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="0,0,0,10">
<TextBlock Text="Ay Lorem ipsum dolor site amet yed diam nonumy"
FontSize="24" Margin="10,0,0,0"
TextTrimming="WordEllipsis" TextWrapping="Wrap"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
<TextBlock Text="Ay Phasellus faucibus"
FontSize="11" Margin="10,0,0,0"
TextTrimming="WordEllipsis" TextWrapping="Wrap"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
<GridView x:Name="TextTileLandingGrid"
VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Left"
CanReorderItems="True" CanDragItems="True"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource TextTileLandingTemplate}">
<GridView.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<ItemsWrapGrid MaximumRowsOrColumns="2"/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</GridView.ItemsPanel>
</GridView>