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If you want to create a list of checkable items, this tutorial written by Matthias Shapiro will let you do it without any code.

First, you should know right off the bat that this tutorial is for Silverlight 3 only. It uses a data binding functionality called RelativeSource binding that isn’t available in earlier versions of Silverlight.

This first trigger I very simple.  I wanted the ability to tie a checkbox to the visibility of another UIElement.  Since a checkbox derives from ToggleButton we can get creative and write a single trigger that will work with either a CheckBox, RadioButton or ToggleButton.

Introduction

Button controls are Silverlight controls which in the common scenario respond in some way to the user who is clicking on them. There are a lot of button controls: Button, HyperlinkButton, RepeatButton, ToggleButton, CheckBox, RadioButton.

See also:
Button Article
HyperlinkButton Article
ToggleButton Article
RepeatButton Article

Overview

Four button controls derive from the base ButtonBase class: Button, HyperlinkButton, RepeatButton, and ToggleButton. The ToggleButton is a base class for the CheckBox and RadioButton controls but it can also be used as a standalone control. There are two descendants of the Button class named CalendarButton and CalendarDayButton.

The most important member of the ButtonBase class is the Click event. It occurs when a user clicks on the button control. For example:

XAML: