Using the Hub Control

The Hub control is new with WinJS 2.0. The control provides you with a way to organize the content in your app into different sections. Each section can have a custom layout.

For example, the Store app included in Windows 8.1 uses the Hub control (see Figure 4.22). When you open the store and view the home-page, you can see all of the available apps organized into different sections such as New Releases and Top Paid. These different sections were created with the Hub control.

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FIGURE 4.22 The Windows 8.1 Store uses the Hub control

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The Visual Studio 2013 Hub App project template uses the Hub control.

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