Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 5

Drilling Down on a Record

Summary lists are generally used as a means to find and drill down on a record to get more details and/or edit the record. There are a number of approaches you can take to implement this type of behavior, including the following”

• Navigating to a details view
• Opening the details in a pop-up window
• Using the row details feature of the DataGrid to display the details
• Using a master/details view

Which approach you choose really depends on the workflow you are implementing. Each has its own pros and cons, and your choice will largely depend upon the user experience design for your application. In this section, we will take a look at each of these approaches and how to implement them.

Navigating to the Details View

One simple ...