Visual state behaviors

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In Microsoft Expression Blend, you can use a behavior to trigger visual state changes in the element to which the behavior is applied.

Expression Blend visual state behaviors

The following visual state behaviors are available in Expression Blend:

  • **DataStateBehavior   **Use the DataStateBehavior behavior to switch between visual states based on whether a condition evaluates to True or to False.

    For more information about this behavior, see DataStateBehavior.

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

    For more information about this action, see GoToStateAction.

SketchFlow visual state behaviors

The following conditional behavior is available in SketchFlow:

  • ActivateStateAction   Use the ActivateStateAction action to apply a trigger that switches between visual states.

    For more information about this action, see ActivateStateAction.

Note

You can use all of the behaviors in available in Expression Blend in SketchFlow projects. However, SketchFlow behaviors are available only in SketchFlow projects.

See also

Concepts

Working with built-in behaviors
Working with built-in SketchFlow behaviors

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