Creating property-based animations
Property-based animations are used to change a dependency property from one value to another in a duration specified. There exists various animation classes under the namespace System.Windows.Media.Animation, which includes DoubleAnimation, ColorAnimation, and PointAnimation. These are used to create animation based on the type of property being animated.
In this recipe, we will learn how to create property-based animations. Keep in mind that only Dependency Properties can be modifiable during an animation.
Getting ready
To get started with this recipe, let's first create a project. Open Visual Studio IDE and create a project named CH08.PropertyBasedAnimationDemo, based on the WPF application template.
How to do it...
In this demonstration, we will add a square box to the application window. On mouse hover, we will run a storyboard to change the size and color of the box and then reset it to the initial value on mouse leave. Follow these steps:
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