I have to do a \"grid\" like this:
Harmonic table
I\'m trying to create a ListView
The container for your notes would be an ItemsControl
or a ListBox
if you need to select items. Then you give your items a template using ListBox.ItemTemplate
where you include your hexagon drawing. You have a nice tutorial on Custom ListBox layout.
At this point, your hexagons are displayed one below the other as a ListBox does by default. To get your special layout, you have to change the ListBox.ItemPanel
. Here you have two possibilities:
Canvas
panel that supports absolute positioning. In this case your items must have X and Y properties that you will use to position them.Panel
, probably based on Canvas
, that is able to convert your custom coordinate system (for example note name + octave number) into X and Y. A bit more difficult but much more reusable. An example of Custom Panel on CodeProject.HexGrid: CodeProject article
HexGrid: GitHub repository
The key component of a possible solution is a WPF Panel which can arrange hexagonal elements (Standard Panels operate with rectangular child elements). Take a look my HexGrid project (too large to post here). The cental part of it is a HexGrid
(WPF Panel
which arranges child elements in a honeycomb pattern). Child elements are represented by HexItem
s (hexagon-shaped ContentControls). There is also HexList
(selector ItemsControl which displays items in HexItem container on a HexGrid panel) which gives hex selection support out-of-box.
example of usage:
<hx:HexList Name="HexColors" Orientation="Vertical"
Grid.Row="1"
Padding="10"
SelectedIndex="0"
Background="{Binding Path=SelectedItem.Background, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}"
RowCount="5" ColumnCount="5">
<hx:HexItem Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Background="#006699"/>
<hx:HexItem Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="2" Background="#0033CC"/>
<hx:HexItem Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="3" Background="#3333FF"/>
<!--...-->
<hx:HexItem Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="1" Background="#CC9900"/>
<hx:HexItem Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="2" Background="#FF3300"/>
<hx:HexItem Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="3" Background="#CC0000"/>
</hx:HexList>