It's good to use behaviours though because then all the control is in
the XAML and the control's behaviour can be modified easily by designers
(maintainability).
It's a balancing act of course.
Carl.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Shane Morris (Automatic Studio)
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, 12 October 2011 11:43 AM
To: ozWPF <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: WPF Control States in Expression Blend and .NET 4
You don't have to use behaviors obviously, it's just that I'm a designer
and avoid code at all costs ;-).
Shane Morris | Automatic Studio | [email protected] |
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On 12/10/2011, at 1:30 PM, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks Shane.
I understand what you're saying. I was hoping States were a bit
more of a silver bullet for providing affordance, but it seems as clunky
as triggers with a little more complexity to implement control (by
needing to use behaviours to manage state transition). While I love
behaviours, I think doing the way you suggest will leave the XAML a bit
messy. I can't seem to let go of ensuring the XAML is neat and tidy*,
so it sounds like I'll have to stick with triggers (at least for my
current situation anyway).
* IMO, Blend does an awesome job of producing nearly neat XAML
but it's still no substitute for human refactoring.
Always good to know how someone with your experience is
structuring things; thanks again for your insight (I really appreciate
it).
Cheers,
Carl.
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Sent: Wednesday, 12 October 2011 10:13 AM
To: ozWPF <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected] .com>
Subject: Re: WPF Control States in Expression Blend and .NET 4
Hi Carl,
In silverlight (I presume it's the same in WPF) I try to
template an existing control, rather than make my own user control from
scratch, so i get all those lovely states wired up to events by default.
Usually i template a button. Sometimes a checkbox.
If I need to add other elements that buttons don't have (e.g an
icon that is separate to the button label) I wrap the button in a custom
control and expose other properties. Then I might need to wire up some
of the button's events to visual states in my control using the
GotoStateAction behavior.
That's how I do it anyway...
Dunno if thus helps
Shane
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+61 438 818 888
On 12/10/2011, at 12:18 PM, "[email protected]"
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone used States on WPF controls in anger? I can't find
any info on
> how to use them effectively.
>
> In my brief foray into them, I added a Button to a window,
edited its
> template, switched to the States tab in Blend and it's got
some recommended
> states prepopulated. Modifying the template and recording into
those
> states gives the effect I want. So far so good.
>
> If I go to the states pane on a custom built control it has
recommended
> states, but not the ones I want (the common states, like mouse
over etc).
> I try copying the state manager section from the previously
styled button,
> but these states are missing the magic that binds(?) them up
correctly and
> don't wor k as expected.
>
> There's a bit of magic here I don't quite understand. Can I
manually hook
> up the common states? Where does the magic happen?
>
> And finally, is it worth the effort? I'm worried I'll remove
my working
> triggers to use states, and get to a point where the states
fail and I'll
> have to roll back to using triggers. Any advice?
>
> Cheers,
> Carl.
>
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