3 files changed, 145 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/GraphicObjects/Expandable.cs b/src/GraphicObjects/Expandable.cs
index 059cab8b..70451f41 100644
--- a/src/GraphicObjects/Expandable.cs
+++ b/src/GraphicObjects/Expandable.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ namespace Crow
 				NotifyValueChanged ("HasContent", HasContent);
 			}
 		}
+		//TODO: move loadTemplate and ResolveBinding in TemplatedContainer
 		protected override void loadTemplate(GraphicObject template = null)
 		{
 			base.loadTemplate (template);
diff --git a/src/GraphicObjects/Group.cs b/src/GraphicObjects/Group.cs
index 950992e2..402128b0 100644
--- a/src/GraphicObjects/Group.cs
+++ b/src/GraphicObjects/Group.cs
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ namespace Crow
         bool _multiSelect = false;
 		List<GraphicObject> children = new List<GraphicObject>();
 
-        public GraphicObject activeWidget;
-
         public virtual List<GraphicObject> Children {
 			get { return children; }
 		}
diff --git a/src/GraphicObjects/TemplatedGroup.cs b/src/GraphicObjects/TemplatedGroup.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12448b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GraphicObjects/TemplatedGroup.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+//
+//  TemplatedContainer.cs
+//
+//  Author:
+//       Jean-Philippe Bruyère <jp.bruyere@hotmail.com>
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2015 jp
+//
+//  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+using System;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+using System.Xml;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Crow
+{
+	public abstract class TemplatedGroup : TemplatedControl
+	{
+		#region CTOR
+		public TemplatedGroup () : base(){}
+		#endregion
+
+		protected Group items;
+
+		public virtual List<GraphicObject> Items{ get { return items.Children; }}
+
+		public virtual void AddItem(GraphicObject g){
+			items.AddChild (g);
+			g.LogicalParent = this;
+		}
+		public virtual void RemoveItem(GraphicObject g)
+		{
+			items.RemoveChild (g);
+		}
+
+		public virtual void ClearItems()
+		{
+			items.ClearChildren ();
+		}
+
+		protected override void loadTemplate(GraphicObject template = null)
+		{
+			base.loadTemplate (template);
+
+			items = this.child.FindByName ("ItemsContainer") as Group;
+			if (items == null)
+				throw new Exception ("TemplatedGroup template Must contain a Group named 'ItemsContainer'");
+		}
+
+		#region GraphicObject overrides
+		public override GraphicObject FindByName (string nameToFind)
+		{
+			if (Name == nameToFind)
+				return this;
+
+			foreach (GraphicObject w in Items) {
+				GraphicObject r = w.FindByName (nameToFind);
+				if (r != null)
+					return r;
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+		public override bool Contains (GraphicObject goToFind)
+		{
+			foreach (GraphicObject w in Items) {
+				if (w == goToFind)
+					return true;
+				if (w.Contains (goToFind))
+					return true;
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+		#endregion
+
+		#region IXmlSerialisation Overrides
+		public override void ReadXml(System.Xml.XmlReader reader)
+		{
+			using (System.Xml.XmlReader subTree = reader.ReadSubtree ()) {
+				subTree.Read ();
+				string tmp = subTree.ReadOuterXml ();
+
+				//seek for template tag
+				using (XmlReader xr = new XmlTextReader (tmp, XmlNodeType.Element, null)) {
+					xr.Read ();
+					base.ReadXml (xr);
+				}
+				//process content
+				using (XmlReader xr = new XmlTextReader (tmp, XmlNodeType.Element, null)) {
+					xr.Read (); //skip current node
+
+					while (!xr.EOF) {
+						xr.Read (); //read first child
+
+						if (!xr.IsStartElement ())
+							continue;
+
+						if (xr.Name == "Template" || Name == "ItemTemplate"){
+							xr.Skip ();
+							if (!xr.IsStartElement ())
+								continue;
+						}
+
+						Type t = Type.GetType ("Crow." + xr.Name);
+						if (t == null) {
+							Assembly a = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly ();
+							foreach (Type expT in a.GetExportedTypes ()) {
+								if (expT.Name == xr.Name)
+									t = expT;
+							}
+						}
+						if (t == null)
+							throw new Exception (xr.Name + " type not found");
+
+						GraphicObject go = (GraphicObject)Activator.CreateInstance (t);
+
+						(go as IXmlSerializable).ReadXml (xr);
+
+						AddItem (go);
+
+						xr.Read (); //closing tag
+					}
+
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		public override void WriteXml(System.Xml.XmlWriter writer)
+		{
+			throw new NotImplementedException ();
+		}
+		#endregion
+	}
+}