Creating a Jira board - like window

[ic2]

Many years ago I wrote a planning program starting from the VO ToDo sample.

I would like to modernize it - it should look like a Jira board. See the first picture in https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira ... -of-boards.

Basic requirements:

1 It should show multiple columns, like To Do, in Progress, Done in the website picture

2 Each planning item should look like a card, or better said: a mini window with some control on it and options to make each square a bit more appealing (think colours, 3D like look) and it should show multiple styles of controls (like in the picture)

3 The user should be able to move such an item up or down (= more resp. less priority) and left/or right (move it to another stage, like from 'to do; to 'progress') or to a tree with dates, see 4, to move it in time. Using the mouse, touch or maybe a shortcut key, after which the underlying planning record is updated.

4 Like in the picture, on the left a tree should show, not with menu options but with dates containing one or more planning items

5 It should be a Winforms or WPF window (not a webpage)

I checked out the components of Syncfusion which I use but nothing seems suitable o create what I want. And as it always saves a lot of time if some base component already exists (probably as a sample) I wonder if someone reading this has an idea how to create this or know a sample program as a start

Dick

[wriedmann]

Hi Dick,
personally I think you have to build that yourself using WPF.
Using DataStyles you can do what you like. I would build most likely a Grid with different columns and put a listbox with your special elements in each row.
Wolfgang

[ArneOrtlinghaus]

We made some planning tools with the BBrowser, as it supports drag&drop and the possibility of displaying RTF text, images and painting objects. Editing of entries is possible by double clicking to open modal dialogs.

But of course there are limitations regarding a nice appearance. WPF surely offers more design possibilities.

Arne

[Fabrice]

Hi Dick,

Syncfusion has a control that should do the trick :
https://www.syncfusion.com/wpf-controls/kanban-board

HTH,
Fab

[ic2]

Thanks for all the suggestion - especially yours Fabrice, because this is exactly where I was looking for. How could I have missed it. I think when opening their WPF Data Visualization tools they all looked like single controls and I probably didn't expect the whole thing to be in that Kanban solution. Proving that biased expectation makes you less alert

For later reader: here's a working web based sample of how it works.

https://ej2.syncfusion.com/accessibility/kanban.html

Dick

[HansjoergP]

Devexpress has also a Kanban Board control for winforms

https://docs.devexpress.com/WindowsForm ... nban-board

Hansjörg