Class VisualStateUtilities

This class provides various platform agnostic standard operations for working with VisualStateManager.

Inheritance

System.Object

VisualStateUtilities

Inherited Members

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ToString()

Namespace: Microsoft.Expression.Interactivity

Assembly: OpenSilver.Expression.Interactions.dll

Syntax

public static class VisualStateUtilities

Methods

GetVisualStateGroups(FrameworkElement)

Gets the value of the VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups attached property.

Declaration

public static IList GetVisualStateGroups(FrameworkElement targetObject)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
FrameworkElement	targetObject	The element from which to get the VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.IList

GoToState(FrameworkElement, String, Boolean)

Transitions the control between two states.

Declaration

public static bool GoToState(FrameworkElement element, string stateName, bool useTransitions)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
FrameworkElement	element	The element to transition between states.
System.String	stateName	The state to transition to.
System.Boolean	useTransitions	True to use a System.Windows.VisualTransition to transition between states; otherwise, false.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if the control successfully transitioned to the new state; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	Control is null.
System.ArgumentNullException	StateName is null.

TryFindNearestStatefulControl(FrameworkElement, out FrameworkElement)

Find the nearest parent which contains visual states.

Declaration

public static bool TryFindNearestStatefulControl(FrameworkElement contextElement, out FrameworkElement resolvedControl)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
FrameworkElement	contextElement	The element from which to find the nearest stateful control.
FrameworkElement	resolvedControl	The nearest stateful control if True; else null.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if a parent contains visual states; else False.