AnimationTimeline

AnimationTimeline

Hierarchy: DependencyObject Freezable Animatable Timeline

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<AnimationTimeline .../> is a base class for a number of other abstract classes that can animate specific types of data. All the derived classes are the same, except for the type of data they are intended to animate. A few derived classes specifically implement a separate Animation, such as ColorAnimation and DoubleAnimation.

All of the TypeAnimationBase elements have at least one subclass that can animate the data type supported by using a collection of KeyFrame elements. Each subclass is appropriately named TypeAnimationUsingKeyFrames. These elements are identical to each other in functionality; they simply require the use of a data type-specific KeyFrame, which is named using the format TypeKeyFrame. Each TypeKeyFrame element is detailed in this chapter. For example, the BooleanAnimationBase element has one subclass, BooleanAnimationUsingKeyFrames, which requires a collection of BooleanKeyFrame elements as its children.

Example 11-1 offers a DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames as a template for how to use the classes derived from AnimationTimeline.

Similarly, a majority of the TypeAnimationBase elements have TypeAnimation subclasses. These predefined animations offer a way to animate specific types of data in an easy-to-define element. Each of the elements utilizes the same attributes: From, To, By, and Duration. The only difference between them is that the From, To, and By attributes are specific to the type of the animation. From, To, and By are of type Color for a ColorAnimation; for a DoubleAnimation, they are of type Double (Example 11-2).

All of the TypeAnimation elements are declared in a similar manner, substituting the appropriate Type with From, To, or By. These elements are not further documented because they are declared exactly the same way and with the same attributes, differentiated only by their data type. The elements are listed in this chapter but refer back to AnimationTimeline as their main reference.

Do not specify both the To and the By attribute in a TypeAnimation.

The AnimationTimeline-derived elements are:

BooleanAnimationBase

BooleanAnimationUsingKeyFrames

CharAnimationBase

CharAnimationUsingKeyFrames

ColorAnimationBase

ColorAnimationUsingKeyFrames ColorAnimation

DecimalAnimationBase

DecimalAnimationUsingKeyFrames DecimalAnimation

DoubleAnimationBase

DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames DoubleAnimation

Int16AnimationBase

Int16AnimationUsingKeyFrames Int16Animation

Int32AnimationBase

Int32AnimationUsingKeyFrames

Int32Animation

Int64AnimationBase

Int64AnimationUsingKeyFrames

Int64Animation

MatrixAnimationBase

MatrixAnimationUsingKeyFrames

Point3DAnimationBase

Point3DAnimationUsingKeyFrames Point3DAnimation

PointAnimationBase

PointAnimationUsingKeyFrames

PointAnimation

Rect3DAnimationBase

Rect3DAnimationUsingKeyFrames

Rect3DAnimation

RectAnimationBase

RectAnimationUsingKeyFrames

RectAnimation

Rotation3DAnimationBase

Rotation3DAnimationUsingKeyFrames RotationAnimation

SingleAnimationBase

SingleAnimationUsingKeyFrames SingleAnimation

Size3DAnimationBase

Size3DAnimationUsingKeyFrames

Size3DAnimation

SizeAnimationBase

SizeAnimationUsingKeyFrames SizeAnimation

StringAnimationBase

StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames

ThicknessAnimationBase

ThicknessAnimationUsingKeyFrames

ThicknessAnimation

Vector3DAnimationBase

Vector3DAnimationUsingKeyFrames

Vector3DAnimation

VectorAnimationBase

VectorAnimationUsingKeyFrames

VectorAnimation