Using an External Template

Most of the time, the easiest option is to define a Repeater template as the inner content of the Repeater as I did in the previous section. However, you also have the option of creating an external Repeater template.

Here’s an example. Listing 7.9 contains two controls: a Repeater control and a separate Template control. The Repeater is associated with the template through its template property.

LISTING 7.9 Repeater with an External Template (repeaterExternal\repeaterExternal.html)

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<table style="display:none"><tbody id="productRowTemplate" data-win-control="WinJS.Binding.Template">    <tr>        <td data-win-bind="textContent:id"></td>        <td data-win-bind="textContent:name"></

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