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How to implement panel with features of ListBox And FlipView in WPF

I'm am not good enough in WPF, so I'd like to ask for any advice how to implement panel layout something link displayed on image below:
So, the main purpose is to display a collection of items with possibility to select a single item, which should be moved to the first position (probably with animation) and then another item template should be applied to that container (it is bigger than other items in the collection). The list doesn't have to be infinitive, so just like a simple ListBox.
For me it looks like a FlipView but with a few items, which are neighboring siblings of the selected one and are also visible in the panel's viewport.
Please, advice me how to implement such a panel, or if you have seen something suitable, please, provide a link to the source.

You need to create your custom panel using User control.
Here is one example which is similar to your requirement.

What is this called in the GUI Framework Tag Form toolbox? (see picture)

I would like to know what the section highlighted in red is called in the c# form box:
Thanks in advance for your help!

If we're talking about WinForms, this looks like a ListView with its View property set to Details.
A ListView control allows you to display a list of items with item text and, optionally, an icon to identify the type of item. For example, the Windows Explorer list of files is similar in appearance to a ListView control.
It could be anything else, like a DataGridView or a third-party component, but the lightweight style looks more like a ListView.

Displaying a collection of controls in Windows Forms

I want to display something like the following :-
Each row is about a process (information like PID, Parent etc.). User can check the checkbox and click Launch button to get some dynamic details about that process.
The problem is that CheckedListBox control doesn't allow more than one columns and other controls like ListView (which allow multiple columns) don't allow controls like checkbox to be embedded in a columns.
I want to know if there is a control which will allow me to have a list of custom controls where each custom control contains a checkbox, Some Text and Some Dynamic Text.
How can this be achieved in Windows Forms? Thanks in advance.

You can use either of these options:
DataGridView (Example)
You can use DataGridView to show multiple columns of different types, including TextBox, Label, CheckBox, ComboBox, Image, Button, Link. You also can customize appearance of the grid by custom painting or adding new custom column types.
UserControl
You can create a composite control or UserControl containing any other controls which you need and use it as a row template, then you can show all rows by hosting multiple instance of that user control in a Panel or FlowLayoutPanel.
TableLayoutPanel (Example)
You can use a TableLayoutPanel containing multiple columns and rows. Each cell of TableLayoutPanel can host a control.
DataRepeater
You can use a DataRepeater control to create a row template and show a list of rows using that template.
Example 1 - DatGridView
If you want to use data binding and show specific controls including TextBox, Label, CheckBox, ComboBox, Image, Button, Link a row, DataGridView is great. It's customize-able and you can add some other different column types or customize painting of the grid or benefit from wide range of useful events for validating and so on.
In following image you can see a DataGridView with RowHeaderVisible and ColumnHeaderVisible set to false to act like a List of fields without header:
Example 2 - UserControl
If you need custom control to host more complicated controls or having more control on components or show them in a different layout than columns, you can create a UserControl hosting your components, then:
If you only want top-down flow, Use a Panel and add your user control to it with Dock property of control set to Top.
If you may want flows other than top-down Use a FlowLayoutPanel to add instances of your control to it.
Create a UserControl
Add instances of it to your Panel or FlowLayoutPanel

You could use the TableLayoutPanel container.

I want to know if there is a control which will allow me to have a
list of custom controls where each custom control contains a checkbox,
Some Text and Some Dynamic Text.
One option could be that you create the following as a separate user control,
...and as container control use container like FlowLayoutPanel and keep adding the user control into the FlowLayoutPanel.
Make sure that the direction of FlowLayoutPanel is set TopDown
this.FlowLayoutPanel1.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.TopDown;

How do I create DataGridViewComboBoxColumn that has a grid-like drop down?

I am in need of a DataGridViewComboBoxColumn that displays a multi-column grid drop down, similar to the one described here. Basically, I need to override the DropDown event of the underlying ComboBox. The example at the bottom of this page shows how I can add event handlers. But, I need to override the showing of the drop down. I'm guessing I need to create my own ComboBox class but how do I connect that with a DataGridViewComboBoxColumn? Has anyone done something similar?

This looks like a winner
.NET datagrid is a graphical user interface component that presents a tabular view of data. .NET datagrid supports the following common interface features:
Clicking a column header to implement grid sorting
Dragging column headers to change their size
In-cell editing of shown data
Row and column separators, and alternating row background colors
Datagrid's cells can be presented as some different control types (textbox, button, date/time picker etc.) within datagrid interface layout. However much important control is combobox that could be placed in datagrid...

I ended up finding the following on MSDN that outlines how to create a custom DataGridView column. This includes creating a cell type, a column type, and an Editing control type. I ended up using a ListView control inside a form with no borders as my drop down grid.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa730881(v=vs.80).aspx

What is the best way to embed controls in a list/grid

I have a table of about 450 rows that I would like to display in a graphical list for users to view or modify the line items. The users would be selection options from comboboxes and selecting check boxes etc.
I have found a listview class that extends the basic listview to allow for embeding objects but it seems kind of slugish when I load all the rows into it.
I have used a datagridview in the past for comboboxes and checkboxes, but there was a lot of time invested in getting that up and running...not a big fav of mine.
I am looking for sugestions how I can do this with minimal overhead.
thanks
c#, vs2008, .net 2.0, system.windows.forms

If you have a complicated set of controls for each row, this is the simplest way to do it. However, it won't act like a listbox; you won't be able to highlight your rows or navigate with the keyboard.
Create a usercontrol with public property to point to your row
Draw a panel on your form - you will add instances of your 'row' usercontrol at runtime to this panel.
Set the panel to autoscroll (also set property to make the active control scroll into view)
Set the panel's Anchor property so it sizes w/ the window
You can set the form's max/min size properties so the full usercontrol row always shows (have to do to prevent horiz. scroll bar in panel)
Have a routine to add the rows
In a loop, create new usercontrols, set their properties, including the row in the datatable
Also, set the .Top property to the panel's .controls(pnl.controls.count-1) for all but the first one you add
Very simple, allows complicated 'rows', gets the job done. There are better ways to do this if you want listbox-like functionality without coding it yourself, but you may not need that.