Microsoft/calculator

[RS5+] Update NavigationView to use DataTemplates and a template selector to generate menu in XAML rather than in code

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#63 opened on Feb 27, 2019

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Description

Once our min version is RS5, we can update our app to use DataTemplates in the NavigationView. Downlevel, this is bugged and a DataTemplate with a NavigationViewItem/NavigationViewItemHeader as the top-level element will result in a double-nested item container.

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Review the current NavigationView code and implement DataTemplates and template selector in XAML.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Refactor
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3
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Half day
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Fresh
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Clear
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C++
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70