I'm trying to write a simple (stand alone) C# extension method to do a Fade-In of a generic WPF UIElement, but the solutions (and code samples) that I found all contain a large number of moving parts (like setting up a story, etc...)
For reference here is an example of the type of API method I would like to create. This code will rotate an UIElement according to the values provided (fromValue, toValue, duration and loop)
public static T rotate<T>(this T uiElement, double fromValue, double toValue, int durationInSeconds, bool loopAnimation)
where T : UIElement
{
return (T)uiElement.wpfInvoke(
()=>{
DoubleAnimation doubleAnimation = new DoubleAnimation(fromValue, toValue, new Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(durationInSeconds)));
RotateTransform rotateTransform = new RotateTransform();
uiElement.RenderTransform = rotateTransform;
uiElement.RenderTransformOrigin = new System.Windows.Point(0.5, 0.5);
if (loopAnimation)
doubleAnimation.RepeatBehavior = RepeatBehavior.Forever;
rotateTransform.BeginAnimation(RotateTransform.AngleProperty, doubleAnimation);
return uiElement;
});
}
Sounds like you're looking for something like this:
public static T FadeIn<T>(this T uiElement, int durationInSeconds)
{
return uiElement.FadeFromTo(0, 1, durationInSeconds, false);
}
public static T FadeOut<T>(this T uiElement, int durationInSeconds)
{
return uiElement.FadeFromTo(1, 0, durationInSeconds, false);
}
public static T FadeFromTo<T>(this T uiElement,
double fromOpacity, double toOpacity,
int durationInSeconds, bool loopAnimation)
where T : UIElement
{
return (T)uiElement.wpfInvoke(()=>
{
var doubleAnimation =
new DoubleAnimation(fromOpacity, toOpacity,
new Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(durationInSeconds)));
if(loopAnimation)
doubleAnimation.RepeatBehavior = RepeatBehavior.Forever;
uiElement.BeginAnimation(UIElement.OpacityProperty, doubleAnimation);
return uiElement;
});
}
Here is the solution for the Grid.
Where the Grid is **<Grid Name="RootGrid" Opacity="0">**
this.Dispatcher.Invoke(DispatcherPriority.Background, new Action(() =>
{
var doubleAnimation = new DoubleAnimation(0, 1, new Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)));
RootGrid.BeginAnimation(UIElement.OpacityProperty, doubleAnimation);
}));