Animating the showing of controls
By default, controls added to a page are visible just after you open it. However, it is possible to enhance the attractiveness of the user interface by adding simple animations for showing controls while the page is being opened. In this recipe, you will learn how to add the entrance transition to a text block.
Getting ready
To step through this recipe, you need only the automatically generated project.
How to do it...
Apply a transition (EntranceThemeTransition
) to the text block by modifying the content of the MainPage.xaml
file, as follows:
<Page (...)>
<Grid>
<TextBlock Text="Hello! :-)" (...)>
<TextBlock.Transitions>
<TransitionCollection>
<EntranceThemeTransition />
</TransitionCollection>
</TextBlock.Transitions>
</TextBlock>
</Grid>
</Page...