Does Windows Phone 7 have a standard Edit/Add/Delete convention?

On the iPhone, there is a standard convention for editing lists. You have the list, above that there is the Edit button and the + button. You click on the Edit button and the list changes slightly notifying the user of change of status.

Does Windows Phone 7 have some type of a standard convention for e开发者_JS百科diting lists? It seems every app implements their own.

There are UI design guidelines published and maintained by Microsoft for Windows Phone development:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=220811

I'm not sure it will mention "standards" per se. However, the Phone's built in applications (Hotmail, People, etc), all tend towards a common way and a podcast from Metro designers on Silverlight TV advised to behave similarly to the provided apps.

What I've tended to notice is:

• Add button above the list or on the app bar.
• Edit button inside the item itself on the app bar.
• Delete button on the app bar with checkboxes (Hotmail), or delete by holding down to get a context menu.

In the August Silverlight Toolkit, there's a control which mimicks the way emails/etc. are deleted on the device:

http://silverlight.codeplex.com/releases/view/71550

Unfortunately, I think not. There are some general guidelines here on the subject, but nothing concrete. It boils down to "Be consistent, but unique".

The latest Silverlight Toolkit (requires Mango) has a control for doing this similar to how the rest of the phone does it - but there is nothing stopping you for doing it your own way if that's what you prefer.