Question

What I’d like is a control that functions just like the tab control but instead of having the tabs along the top, the items would be displayed in a list box along the side. I imagine it’s possible but haven’t found any examples, I’m hoping there’s someone here that’s done something like this.

Answer 1

You don’t need to use a TabControl at all. You could just bind your ListBox to a list of items, and put a ContentControl beside it, bound to the selected item :

<DockPanel>
    <ListBox Name="listBox"
             DockPanel.Dock="Left"
             ItemsSource="{Binding Items}"
             DisplayMemberPath="Name"/>
    <ContentControl Content="{Binding SelectedItem, ElementName=listBox}"
                    ContentTemplate="{StaticResource theTemplate}"/>
</DockPanel>