I like the xamTileManager pretty well, especially in the configuration where tiles can slide around and be arranged in a user-defined ordering sequence (using properties as follows):

AllowTileDragging="Slide"

TileLayoutOrder="Vertical"

However, unlike with a different TileLayoutOrder (UseExplicitRowColumnOnTile) I am unable to retrieve the logical ordering sequence after the fact.

I see that this may be an open request (product idea or whatever): http://ko.infragistics.com/community/forums/t/80598.aspx

Is there any progress on this yet?

Are there any workarounds you can help me with?  I was hopeful for UseExplicitRowColumnOnTile (uses attached properties for row and column), but that only appears to support swapping of tiles and does *not* support sliding.  The other workarounds that I've considered are probably not supported (eg. trying to navigate the visual tree, or else using Reflection to get at the non-public LayoutManager and then the LogicalIndex values of its underlying ItemTileInfo - see attached).    Ideally there is a better option than these - something that is fully supported. 

It seems unfortunate that the logical ordering of tiles is not information that has been made public.  It seems that this would be a typical requirement. Please let me know about any possible workarounds.  Any ideas would be welcome.