Here is my solution, it's not terrible. Maintain a flag indicating first time initialization is in progress. Once the last tile in xaml is positioned then set tiles to desired position and turn off flag
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Partial PublicClassMainPage InheritsUserControl 'in xaml position is : 1 2 3 4 5 'desired position is : 2 1 3 4 5 Private_firstTime AsBoolean= True PublicSubNew() InitializeComponent() EndSub PrivateSubLastTile_PositionChanged(sender AsObject, e AsTelerik.Windows.RadRoutedEventArgs) If_firstTime Then _firstTime = False Tile2.Position = 0 'this is not honored EndIf EndSubEndClassxaml
<UserControlxmlns:telerik="http://schemas.telerik.com/2008/xaml/presentation" x:Class="TelerikTileViewTest.MainPage" mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignHeight="400"d:DesignWidth="800"> <Gridx:Name="LayoutRoot"Background="White"> <telerik:RadTileViewName="TileView"IsItemsAnimationEnabled="False"PreservePositionWhenMaximized="True"> <telerik:RadTileViewItemName="Tile1"Header="Tile 1"> <TextBlockText="Tile 1 Content"/> </telerik:RadTileViewItem> <telerik:RadTileViewItemName="Tile2"Header="Tile 2"> <TextBlockText="Tile 2 Content"/> </telerik:RadTileViewItem> <telerik:RadTileViewItemName="Tile3"Header="Tile 3"> <TextBlockText="Tile 3 Content"/> </telerik:RadTileViewItem> <telerik:RadTileViewItemName="Tile4"Header="Tile 4"> <TextBlockText="Tile 4 Content"/> </telerik:RadTileViewItem> <telerik:RadTileViewItemName="Tile5"Header="Tile 5"PositionChanged="LastTile_PositionChanged"> <TextBlockText="Tile 5 Content"/> </telerik:RadTileViewItem> </telerik:RadTileView> </Grid></UserControl>