How do I create a bulleted list in Windows Phone 8?

Question

I just need a simple list of items with bullets preceding them. How can I do this? I can't find any control that does this I can use grids and such to accomplish this, but it seems like so much work for something so simple

Answer 1

Just insert the bullet character directly into your XAML:

<StackPanel>
    <TextBlock Text="• Item 1"/>
    <TextBlock Text="• Item 2"/>
</StackPanel>

You can also use the Hex HTML entity:

<TextBlock>&#x2022; Item 1</TextBlock>

If the items come from a viewmodel / binding, then use an ItemsControl:

<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding MyItems}">
    <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding StringFormat='• {0}'}" />
        </DataTemplate>
    </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>

_{Footnote: Not relevant to Silverlight/Windows Phone, but WPF has BulletDecorator - example.}

Answer 2

I used a stackpanel with bulletdecorators to show a bullet list:

<StackPanel>
  <BulletDecorator>
    <BulletDecorator.Bullet>
      <Rectangle Width="5" Height="5" Fill="Gray" />
    </BulletDecorator.Bullet>
    <TextBlock Margin="20,0,0,0">Step 1: test</TextBlock>
  </BulletDecorator>
  <BulletDecorator>
    <BulletDecorator.Bullet>
      <Rectangle Width="5" Height="5" Fill="Gray" />
    </BulletDecorator.Bullet>
    <TextBlock Margin="20,0,0,0">Step 2: test</TextBlock>
  </BulletDecorator>
</StackPanel>