Reduce, Reuse and Recycle: Listing 1.
Windows Phone navigation page.
<phone:PhoneApplicationPage x:Class="WindowsPhoneTestApp.MainPage"
...>
<!--LayoutRoot is the root grid where all page content is placed-->
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot"
Background="Transparent">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
<RowDefinition Height="*" />
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<!--TitlePanel contains the name of the application and page title-->
<StackPanel x:Name="TitlePanel"
Grid.Row="0"
Margin="12,17,0,28">
<TextBlock x:Name="ApplicationTitle"
Text="WP7 EXPRESS"
Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}" />
<TextBlock x:Name="PageTitle"
Text="item picker"
Margin="9,-7,0,0"
Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextTitle1Style}" />
</StackPanel>
<!--ContentPanel - place additional content here-->
<Grid x:Name="ContentPanel"
Grid.Row="1"
Margin="12,0,12,0">
<ListBox x:Name="xItemListBox"
SelectionChanged="xItemListBox_SelectionChanged">
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}"
Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextLargeStyle}" />
<TextBlock Text="{Binding SubTitle}"
Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextAccentStyle}" />
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
</Grid>
</Grid>
<phone:PhoneApplicationPage.ApplicationBar>
<shell:ApplicationBar IsVisible="True" IsMenuEnabled="True">
<shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/SaveImage.png" Text="Save"/>
<shell:ApplicationBarIconButton IconUri="/Images/EditImage.png" Text="Edit"/>
<shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems>
<shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Text="About"/>
<shell:ApplicationBarMenuItem Text="Settings"/>
</shell:ApplicationBar.MenuItems>
</shell:ApplicationBar>
</phone:PhoneApplicationPage.ApplicationBar>
</phone:PhoneApplicationPage>
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