Triggers (Blend SDK for Silverlight)

When you add an action to the artboard in Blend for Visual Studio 2012, an EventTrigger is created by default. You can use any of the additional built-in triggers in Blend by changing the trigger type. To change the trigger type, click New in the Trigger category in the Properties panel.

Blend triggers

The following triggers are available in Blend:

• DataTrigger   Use the DataTrigger trigger to invoke an action based on the value of a data-bound property.

  For more information about this trigger, see DataTrigger (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• EventTrigger   Use the EventTrigger trigger to invoke an action based on an event such as a mouse click, a page loading, or another interaction.

  For more information about this trigger, see EventTrigger (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• KeyTrigger   Use the KeyTrigger trigger to invoke an action when a combination of keys is pressed on the keyboard.

  For more information about this trigger, see KeyTrigger (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• PropertyChangedTrigger   Use the PropertyChangedTrigger trigger to invoke an action based on a modification to an element or a data store property.

  For more information about this trigger, see PropertyChangedTrigger (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• StoryboardCompletedTrigger   Use the StoryboardCompletedTrigger trigger to invoke an action after a storyboard has finished.

  For more information about this trigger, see StoryboardCompletedTrigger (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• TimerTrigger   Use the TimerTrigger trigger to invoke an action based on a timer.

  For more information about this trigger, see TimerTrigger (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

SketchFlow triggers

The following trigger is available in SketchFlow:

• SketchFlowAnimationTrigger   Use the SketchFlowAnimationTrigger trigger to trigger a particular action, for example, playing a sound when the animation pauses or triggering a state change.

  For more information about this trigger, see SketchFlowAnimationTrigger (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

See Also

Concepts

Working with built-in behaviors (Blend SDK for Silverlight)

Working with SketchFlow behaviors (Blend SDK for Silverlight)