topic Legend Initialize Method in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/legend-initialize-method/m-p/613232#M15735 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm trying to use the Legend programatically before it has been viewed by the user.&nbsp; But it's LayerItem count = 0 until it's been exposed to the user in the application.&nbsp; Is there some other way to initialize the Legend object for use in the code behind?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:48:29 GMT SeanFairhurst 2011-08-07T18:48:29Z Legend Initialize Method https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/legend-initialize-method/m-p/613232#M15735 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm trying to use the Legend programatically before it has been viewed by the user.&nbsp; But it's LayerItem count = 0 until it's been exposed to the user in the application.&nbsp; Is there some other way to initialize the Legend object for use in the code behind?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:48:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/legend-initialize-method/m-p/613232#M15735 SeanFairhurst 2011-08-07T18:48:29Z Re: Legend Initialize Method https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/legend-initialize-method/m-p/613233#M15736 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The template of a control is only applied whether the control is in the visual tree and is visible.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>So the behavior you mentionned is normal.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The workaround might be to set the legend as visible by default and then set it to 'Collapsed' on event 'Loaded'.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:06:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/legend-initialize-method/m-p/613233#M15736 DominiqueBroux 2011-08-30T07:06:33Z