Conditional behaviors (Blend SDK for Silverlight)

In Blend for Visual Studio 2012, you can use conditional behaviors to link an action to event when a comparison evaluates to True. You can quickly apply conditions to actions by creating and modifying conditions in the Properties panel.

Blend conditional behaviors

The following conditional behaviors are available in Blend:

• CallMethodAction   Use the CallMethodAction action to call a method on the DataContext of an element when an event occurs.

  For more information about this action, see CallMethodAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• ChangePropertyAction   Use the ChangePropertyAction action to easily either change or increment the property of an object.

  For more information about this action, see ChangePropertyAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• ControlStoryboardAction   Use a ControlStoryboardAction action to specify the state of the storyboard, such as Play, Pause, or Stopped.

  For more information about this action, see ControlStoryboardAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• GoToStateAction   Use the GoToStateAction action to easily activate a custom visual state.

  For more information about this action, see GoToStateAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• HyperlinkAction   Use the HyperlinkAction action to easily browse to a website address when the action is triggered.

  For more information about this action, see HyperlinkAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• InvokeCommandAction   Use the InvokeCommandAction action to invoke a command exposed by the data source.

  For more information about this action, see InvokeCommandAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• PlaySoundAction   Use the PlaySoundAction action to play a sound when an action is triggered.

  For more information about this action, see PlaySoundAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• RemoveElementAction   Use the RemoveElementAction action to easily remove an element from a logical tree.

  For more information about this action, see RemoveElementAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• SetDataStoreValueAction   Use the SetDataStoreValueAction action to automatically adjust the values of your data store at run time.

  For more information about this action, see SetDataStoreValueAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

SketchFlow conditional behaviors

The following conditional behaviors are available in SketchFlow:

• NavigateBackAction   Use the NavigateBackAction action to navigate back to a screen you were previously viewing. The NavigateBackAction action functions in the same way as the Back button in the SketchFlow Player.

  For more information about this action, see NavigateBackAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• NavigateForwardAction   Use the NavigateForwardAction action to navigate forward to a screen you were viewing before navigating back to a previous screen. The NavigateForwardAction action functions in the same way as the Forward button in the SketchFlow Player.

  For more information about this action, see NavigateForwardAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• NavigateToScreenAction   Use the NavigateToScreenAction action to specify navigation between screens.

  For more information about this action, see NavigateToScreenAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• NavigationMenuAction   Use the NavigationMenuAction action to associate a particular state with a particular screen. This is particularly useful if you are trying to mimic user navigation while preserving the navigation path and visual states that represent the user's interaction with a navigation menu.

  For more information about this action, see NavigationMenuAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• PlaySketchFlowAnimationAction   Use the PlaySketchFlowAnimationAction action if you want to play a SketchFlow animation in response to a user's interaction with your prototype.

  For more information about this action, see PlaySketchFlowAnimationAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

• RemoveItemInListBoxAction   Use the RemoveItemInListBoxAction action to demonstrate removing an item from a list box.

  The RemoveItemInListBoxAction action works only inside a data template, and only to remove the list-box item that it is associated with from the from the data-bound list box in which it resides.

  For more information about this action, see RemoveItemInListboxAction (Blend SDK for Silverlight).

See Also

Concepts

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

Working with SketchFlow behaviors (Blend SDK for Silverlight)