Abstract
Animation allows you to create truly dynamic user interfaces. It’s often used to apply effects—for example, icons that grow when you move over them, logos that spin, text that scrolls into view, and so on. Sometimes, these effects seem like excessive glitz. But used properly, animations can enhance an application in a number of ways. They can make an application seem more responsive, natural, and intuitive. (For example, a button that slides in when you click it feels like a real, physical button—not just another gray rectangle.) Animations can also draw attention to important elements and guide the user through transitions to new content. (For example, an application could advertise newly downloaded content with a twinkling, blinking, or pulsing icon in the status bar.)
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2007 Matthew MacDonald
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
(2007). Animation. In: Pro WPF. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0375-9_21
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0375-9_21
Publisher Name: Apress
Print ISBN: 978-1-59059-782-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-4302-0375-9
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied ComputingProfessional and Applied Computing (R0)Apress Access Books