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Modify the transition time between state changes

Controls look different depending on which state they are in. For example, a button changes color slightly when you move your pointer over it. "MouseOver" is one of the states of a button. You can customize the transition time between states of system controls by modifying a copy of the control's template.

The following procedure uses a button, but you can customize any system control that comes with Blend for Visual Studio 2012 or any imported custom control that inherits from the Control class.

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You can also modify the states and transition times of user controls. For more information, see Define different visual states and transition times for a user control.

To modify the transition time between states

  1. Create a reusable template for a system control, such as the Button control 05df1779-a68f-436b-b834-a91b7995a3ec.

  2. If you are not already in the editing mode of a template, right-click a control on the artboard, point to Edit Template, and then click Edit Current. Optionally select the object, and then click Template in the breadcrumb bar.

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  3. While Blend is in template-editing mode, the states of the button (such as Normal and MouseOver) are displayed in the States panel. States are contained in state groups (such as CommonStates and FocusStates).

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    Next to CommonStates, you will see a text box with the value of 0 seconds ("0s"). This is the default transition duration for all the transitions between the states in the state group. For example, it takes 0 seconds to transition from any state to the Normal state. You can change this default transition duration.

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  4. Click Add transition 2fe2c349-41aa-4cc0-b1d3-3ff7d5aed33d for the MouseOver state under States, and then click the MouseOver to Normal transition.

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  5. In the new line for the MouseOver to Normal transition, change the value in the text box from "0s" to "0.5s."

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  6. Save your work (Ctrl+S), and then press F5 to build and test your application. After your application opens in a browser window, move your pointer over the button to see how slowly it transitions back to its previous state when the pointer moves off the button.

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Tasks

Draw a control in your project

Add animation that will play after a change in state

Create a reusable template to style a system control