# C1CoverFlow Control Basics

## Content

The **C1CoverFlow** is an animated, three-dimensional user interface. It is an Items control and, as such, can hold text, images, and controls.

Users can browse through the **C1CoverFlow** control using the scrollbar, or they can simply click an item in the list. When a user clicks an item on the list, that item will take focus by sliding into the center of the control, which will also cause other items to come into view.

The following image diagrams the elements of the **C1CoverFlow** control:

![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/babf1807-69aa-4d8a-96b6-d6c6d9325368/silverlightdocuments/documents/graphics/c1coverflow/narrative/c1coverflowelements.png)

**CoverFlow Items**

The **CoverFlow** items can be anything from text to images to controls. Creating a **CoverFlow** item is simple: Just add a child item to the **C1CoverFlow** control.

**Selected Item**

The selected item always appears at the center of the control. As users scroll through the items, the selected item will change. Users can also select items by clicking on them. You can change the selected item by setting the **SelectedIndex** property.

**Scrollbar**

The scrollbar allows users to scroll through a list of **CoverFlow** items. You can remove the scrollbar through the **C1CoverFlow** template (see [Removing the Scrollbar](/componentone/docs/wpf/online-extended/CoverFlow2/CoverFlowforSilverlightTaskBasedHelp/WorkingwiththeScrollbar/RemovingtheScrollBar)).

**Previous Button**

The next button allows users to scroll to the right one item at a time. The next button is a part of the scrollbar item, meaning that if you remove the scrollbar, the previous button will also be removed.

**Next Button**

The next button allows users to scroll to the right one item at a time. The next button is a part of the scrollbar item, meaning that if you remove the scrollbar, the next button will also be removed.

The following topics provide an overview of several of the **C1CoverFlow** control’s features.