Start a VisualState transition from XAML

Question

In a user control (or whatever), we all know that the VisualStateManger can be used in code to start a transition, or animation, like so:

    if (target.IsLocked)
    {
      VisualStateManager.GoToState(this, "Locked", true);
    }
    else if (target.IsBroken)
    {
      VisualStateManager.GoToState(this, "Broken", true);
    }
    else
    {
      VisualStateManager.GoToState(this, "Normal", true);
    }

However, there seems to be very little or no information about triggering these type of animations from XAML. Could a DataTemplate or Trigger be defined that could provide behaviour equivalent to the code listed above?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '11 at 20:06

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Use data trigger with gotstateaction behavior

answered Jul 28 '11 at 20:06

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H.B. · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-28T20:13:02.580

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Using Interativity from the Blend SDK i am sure you could do something like this.

Edit: It contains a GoToStateAction specifically for this.

There are other libraries like Markup Programming which might be able to do something similar. It also demonstrates that you can do pretty much anything in XAML if you want to.

edited Jul 28 '11 at 20:13

answered Jul 28 '11 at 19:54

H.B.

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What do you mean by that? Blend is for WPF – H.B. Jul 28 '11 at 20:11
The markup programming seems like a neat trick, but all its really doing is putting "code behind" up front. – A.R. Jul 28 '11 at 20:12
@A.R.: Have a look at the `GoToStateAction` Mher mentioned, i completely forgot about that. – H.B. Jul 28 '11 at 20:16

Start a VisualState transition from XAML

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