Context: A new Sketchflow / Silverlight project. Expression Blend 4 (Ultimate)
I have the below code. I have a TabControl with 2 TabItem's. I also have 2 "callout" (big bubble things) as quick visual on the state change.
I created a VisualStateGroup and added to States under it. When I manually invoke these from the NAVIGATE window (after I run the project), the states work as expected. callout1 and callout2 flip flop their opacities (between 100% and 10%). So I have a basic understanding of State's and how they work.
However, when I add a trigger event to the TabItem, the trigger looks good, but does not work. Below is a stripped example, down to the bare bones.
I tried EventName="MouseLeftButtonDown" and EventName="Click" with no luck.
I also commented out the ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames tags, no luck there as well.
Anybody see what I'm missing?
Basically, I cannot get (selecting) a TabItem to trigger a State change.
Thanks.
-----------START XAML CODE
<UserControl
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:data="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/sdk"
xmlns:System="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
xmlns:i="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/2010/interactivity"
xmlns:pi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/prototyping/2010/interactivity"
xmlns:ed="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/2010/drawing"
x:Class="MyProject.MyScreen"
Width="640" Height="480" mc:Ignorable="d">
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="VisibleTabs">
<VisualState x:Name="Tab1VisualState">
<Storyboard>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1.0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)" Storyboard.TargetName="callout1" d:IsOptimized="True"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)" Storyboard.TargetName="callout2" d:IsOptimized="True"/>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TabControl.SelectedIndex)" Storyboard.TargetName="tabControl">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<System:Int32>0</System:Int32>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Tab2VisualState">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(TabControl.SelectedIndex)" Storyboard.TargetName="tabControl">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
<System:Int32>1</System:Int32>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
</DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="0.1" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)" Storyboard.TargetName="callout1" d:IsOptimized="True"/>
<DoubleAnimation Duration="0" To="1.0" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)" Storyboard.TargetName="callout2" d:IsOptimized="True"/>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<data:TabControl x:Name="tabControl" Height="150" Margin="41,0,215,50" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" SelectedIndex="0">
<data:TabItem Header="Tab Number One" Height="24" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
<i:Interaction.Triggers>
<i:EventTrigger EventName="MouseLeftButtonDown">
<pi:ActivateStateAction TargetState="Tab1VisualState"/>
</i:EventTrigger>
</i:Interaction.Triggers>
</data:TabItem>
<data:TabItem Header="Tab Number Two">
<i:Interaction.Triggers>
<i:EventTrigger EventName="MouseLeftButtonDown">
<pi:ActivateStateAction TargetState="Tab2VisualState"/>
</i:EventTrigger>
</i:Interaction.Triggers>
</data:TabItem>
</data:TabControl>
<ed:Callout x:Name="callout1" AnchorPoint="0,1.25" CalloutStyle="Oval" Content="Tab1 Rocks" Foreground="{StaticResource BaseForeground-Sketch}" Fill="{StaticResource BaseBackground-Sketch}" FontSize="{StaticResource SizeDouble-Sketch}" FontFamily="{StaticResource FontFamily-Sketch}" ed:GeometryEffect.GeometryEffect="Sketch" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="100" Margin="0,84,0,0" Stroke="{StaticResource BaseBorder-Sketch}" StrokeThickness="2" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="200" Opacity="1.0"/>
<ed:Callout x:Name="callout2" AnchorPoint="0,1.25" CalloutStyle="Oval" Content="Tab2 Rocks" Foreground="{StaticResource BaseForeground-Sketch}" Fill="{StaticResource BaseBackground-Sketch}" FontSize="{StaticResource SizeDouble-Sketch}" FontFamily="{StaticResource FontFamily-Sketch}" ed:GeometryEffect.GeometryEffect="Sketch" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="100" Margin="200,84,0,0" Stroke="{StaticResource BaseBorder-Sketch}" StrokeThickness="2" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="200" Opacity="0.1"/>
</Grid>
</UserControl>