I've created a listbox like this
<ListBox Name="lstNews" SelectionChanged="lstNews_SelectionChanged">
<ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<toolkit:WrapPanel />
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemsPanel>
<ListBox.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid Margin="0,0,12,12" Width="180" Height="180">
<Grid.Background>
<ImageBrush>
<ImageBrush.ImageSource>
<BitmapImage CreateOptions="BackgroundCreation" UriSource="{Binding Picture}" />
</ImageBrush.ImageSource>
</ImageBrush>
</Grid.Background>
<StackPanel Background="#AA000000" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Height="70" >
<TextBlock Foreground="White" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" FontSize="16" Text="{Binding Title}" />
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</ListBox.ItemTemplate>
</ListBox>
I need to add a shrinking effect when the user taps on an item. I've seen a lot of apps do that, I dunno how.
I assume you are talking about the tilt effect, which can be found in the wp7 toolkit.
You can set it at the global level by doing this,
<phone:PhoneApplicationPage xmlns:toolkit="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit"
toolkit:TiltEffect.IsTiltEnabled="True">
Some good tutorials.