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VisualStateManager Class

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Manages states and the logic for transitioning between states for controls.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Windows.DependencyObject
    System.Windows.VisualStateManager

Namespace:  System.Windows
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class VisualStateManager _
    Inherits DependencyObject

public class VisualStateManager : DependencyObject

<templateRoot>
  <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
    oneOrMoreVisualStateGroups
  </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
</templateRoot>

XAML Values

  • templateRoot
    The root UIElement of content for a template applied to a control.

  • oneOrMoreVisualStateGroups
    One or more object elements that are of type VisualStateGroup.

The VisualStateManager type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone VisualStateManager Initializes a new instance of the VisualStateManager class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Dispatcher Gets the Dispatcher this object is associated with. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)

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Attached Properties

  Name Description
Public attached propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone CustomVisualStateManager Gets or sets the VisualStateManager that transitions between the states of a control.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone CheckAccess Determines whether the calling thread has access to this object. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ClearValue Clears the local value of a dependency property. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetAnimationBaseValue Returns any base value established for a Silverlight dependency property, which would apply in cases where an animation is not active. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetCustomVisualStateManager Gets the value of the CustomVisualStateManager attached property.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetValue Returns the current effective value of a dependency property from a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetVisualStateGroups Gets the value of the VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups attached property.
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GoToState Transitions the control between two states.
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GoToStateCore Transitions a control between states.
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone RaiseCurrentStateChanged Raises the CurrentStateChanged event on the specified VisualStateGroup.
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone RaiseCurrentStateChanging Raises the CurrentStateChanging event on the specified VisualStateGroup.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ReadLocalValue Returns the local value of a dependency property, if a local value is set. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public methodStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone SetCustomVisualStateManager Sets the value of the CustomVisualStateManager attached property.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone SetValue Sets the local value of a dependency property on a DependencyObject. (Inherited from DependencyObject.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Fields

  Name Description
Public fieldStatic memberSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone CustomVisualStateManagerProperty Identifies the CustomVisualStateManager dependency property.

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Remarks

Template authors add VisualStateGroup objects the VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups attached property to represent states of a control and Control authors transition between states by calling the GoToState method.

If you want to implement your own logic for transitioning between states, you must inherit from VisualStateManager, override the GoToStateCore method, and set the VisualStateManager.CustomVisualStateManager attached property on the control that uses the custom logic.

The VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups Attached Property

The VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups attached property contains VisualStateGroup objects. Each VisualStateGroup contains a collection of mutually exclusive VisualState objects. You set VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups on the root element of a ControlTemplate. Setting VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups is the usage shown as the XAML usage for this class.

Examples

The following example creates a simple ControlTemplate for a Button that contains one Grid. The example sets the VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups property on the Grid. The VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups contains one VisualStateGroup, called CommonStates, which defines the MouseOver and NormalVisualState objects. When the user puts the mouse over the Button, the Grid changes from green to red over one half second. When the user moves the mouse away from the button, the Grid immediately changes back to green.

Run this sample

<ControlTemplate TargetType="Button">
  <Grid >
    <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
      <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">

        <VisualStateGroup.Transitions>

          <!--Take one half second to trasition to the MouseOver state.-->
          <VisualTransition To="MouseOver" 
                              GeneratedDuration="0:0:0.5"/>
        </VisualStateGroup.Transitions>

        <VisualState x:Name="Normal" />

        <!--Change the SolidColorBrush, ButtonBrush, to red when the
            mouse is over the button.-->
        <VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
          <Storyboard>
            <ColorAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="ButtonBrush" 
                            Storyboard.TargetProperty="Color" To="Red" />
          </Storyboard>
        </VisualState>
      </VisualStateGroup>
    </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
    <Grid.Background>
      <SolidColorBrush x:Name="ButtonBrush" Color="Green"/>
    </Grid.Background>
  </Grid>
</ControlTemplate>

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.