What kind of control do I need for a vertical display of a List<CustomObject> with a CustomTemplate?

Let's say I have a List<MyObject>, which stores

class MyObject
{
  public String Headline {get;set;}
  public DateTime MyDate {get;set;}
}

I want to display each MyObject in a vertical order, so that it looks like a entry in a开发者_开发百科 List, with rounded corners and the values are written over the background image.

I've googled two pictures of what looks close to what kind of display control I want to have: http://assets.gearlive.com/blogimages/gallery/sonos-iphone-app/sonos-iphone-zone-menu_medium.jpg

http://iconfactory.com/twitterrific_touch/images/screenshot_list.png

What kind of control can I use for this? It's like a Repeater/ListView with a custom template. (Let's assume I don't have any graphic skills. How can I create a rectangle with rounded cornes and a color gradient as a background?)

(I'm new to WPF)

If you don't want selection, go for an ItemsControl. Otherwise use ListBox.

ListBox inherits from Selector which inherits from ItemsControl and adds selection functionality.

XAML:

<ItemsControl Name="ItemsControl1">
    <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <StackPanel>
                <TextBlock Text="<Binding Headline}" />
                <TextBlock Text="<Binding MyDate}" />
            </StackPanel>
        </DataTemplate>
    </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>

Code behind:

ItemsControl1.ItemsSource = ListOfMyObjects;

you should probably use a ListBox. then, make a DataTemplate for your object type--here is a nice explanation on DataTemplates. You should also make MyObject derive from INotifyPropertyChanged so that when you change a value in the object, it will automatically update your UI. One other thing, you should probably change from List<MyObject> to ObservableCollection<MyObject> so that the ListBox will automaticaly update when you add/remove items