The Q1 2012 beta release is out the door and we have some exciting new improvements to brag about. Among everything else is a feature long waited for - client-side databinding for RadListView. In a series of blog posts, I will try to introduce you to the specifics of the client-side databiding with RadListView and give you some insight into the new client cabalities that you can leverage to build performant data bound UI on the client. We will start with a brief introduction to HTML templates, binding expressions and databinding API, we'll go down to databinding to web services and various data sources and will finish off...

With the 2010.Q1 release, RadListView for ASP.NET AJAX is getting a fancy new client capability. You will be able to drag list view items around and drop them on other HTML elements, similar to RadGrid's row drag & drop functionality.

Setting up RadListView to enable items drag & drop will be a piece of cake. Besides the usual AllowSomeFunctionality-type of property, all you will need to do will be:

• Use a CSS marker on an HTML element in the ItemTemplate / AlternatingItemTemplate to mark the bounds of a list view item. The content inside your HTML container marked by this CSS...