Question

I have a Silverlight 4 application that uses multiple tabs. On Tab 1 I allow the user to select items from a grid, right click and select a context menu item that sends the items to a different grid on Tab 2. However, if the user has not clicked on Tab 2 yet, the grid I am trying to add items to does not exist yet.

What is the most elegant way to make sure that all objects on the second grid are instantiated even if the user has not selected the tab yet?

Thanks,

-Scott

Answer 1

Assuming you are adding items to data grid of some sort then the way to go is to add your items to an ObservableCollection and then data bind the grid to the collection.

That way you don’t have to worry about whether the grid is actually visible or not and it will update itself when it does become visible.