Is it possible to get rid of the ChildWindow animation is Silverlight?

Question

In my opinion, the animation is too long and too "jumpy" - I'd like to remove it or make it more subtle. Possible?

Answer 1

I think you have to re-template the ChildWindow. Check this link so you can copy the default template and make your desired changes to the animation.

Answer 2

Here's the full recipe:

1. Extract the Child Window Template. I like to use Blend for this: create an empty project of the same type as your target project, put a child window directly to the main page. Select Edit Template->Edit a copy... Blend creates a style for the ChildWindow.

2. In your target project, add a new "Silverlight Resource Dictionary". name it "ChildWindowResources". Copy the entire style from the Blend project to the ChildWindowResources.xaml. Remove the "x:Key="ChildWindowStyle1" from the copied style.

3. In your target's project App.xaml, add the "ResourceDictionary" section thet looks like this:

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<Application.Resources>
    <ResourceDictionary>
        <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
            <ResourceDictionary 
Source="/MyApp;component/ChildWindowResources.xaml"/>                
        </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
    </ResourceDictionary>

Now you can edit the template and comment out these pesky animation sections under VisualState x:Name="Open" and VisualState x:Name="Closed"