HandoffBehavior Enumeration (System.Windows.Media.Animation)

HandoffBehavior Enumeration

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HandoffBehavior Enumeration

Updated: November 2007

Specifies how new animations interact with any existing ones that are already applied to a property.

Namespace: System.Windows.Media.Animation
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Enumeration HandoffBehavior

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As HandoffBehavior

public enum HandoffBehavior

Visual C++

public enum class HandoffBehavior

public enum HandoffBehavior

JScript

public enum HandoffBehavior

XAML Attribute Usage

<object property="enumerationValue" .../>

Members

	Member name	Description
	SnapshotAndReplace	New animations replace any existing animations on the properties to which they are applied.
	Compose	New animations are combined with existing animations by appending the new animations to the end of the composition chain.

Remarks

When you apply a Storyboard, AnimationTimeline, or AnimationClock to a property by using HandoffBehavior..::.Compose, any Clock objects previously associated with that property continue to consume system resources; the timing system will not remove the clocks automatically.

To avoid performance issues when you apply a large number of clocks using HandoffBehavior..::.Compose, you should remove composing clocks from the animated property after they complete. There are several ways to remove a clock:

To remove all clocks from a property, use the ApplyAnimationClock(DependencyProperty, AnimationClock) or BeginAnimation(DependencyProperty, AnimationTimeline) method of the animated object. Specify the property being animated as the first parameter, and nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) as the second. This will remove all animation clocks from the property.
To remove a specific AnimationClock from a list of clocks, use the Controller property of the AnimationClock to retrieve a ClockController, then call the Remove method of the ClockController. This is typically done in the Completed event handler for a clock. Note that only root clocks can be controlled by a ClockController; the Controller property of a child clock returns nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). Note also that the Completed event will not be raised if the effective duration of the clock is forever. In that case, the user must determine when to call Remove.

This is primarily an issue for animations on objects that have a long lifetime. When an object is garbage collected, its clocks will also be disconnected and garbage collected.

For more information about clock objects, see Animation and Timing System Overview.

Examples

This example shows how to specify handoff behavior between storyboard animations. The HandoffBehavior property of BeginStoryboard specifies how new animations interact with any existing ones that are already applied to a property.

The following example creates two buttons that enlarge when the mouse cursor moves over them and become smaller when the cursor moves away. If you mouse over a button and then quickly remove the cursor, the second animation will be applied before the first one is finished. It is when two animations overlap like this that you can see the difference between the HandoffBehavior values of Compose and SnapshotAndReplace. A value of Compose combines the overlapping animations causing a smoother transition between animations while a value of SnapshotAndReplace causes the new animation to immediately replace the earlier overlapping animation.

<Page 
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
  <Page.Resources>
    <!-- This Style specifies mouseover and mouseout behaviors. The button gets larger when
    the cursor moves over it and smaller when the cursor moves away. Note that the same Properties
    (ScaleX and ScaleY) are being targeted by both animations. The BeginStoryboard for each animation
    uses a HandoffBehavior of "Compose" which causes the old animation to interpolate more gradually into
    the new one. -->
    <Style x:Key="ButtonWithCompose" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
      <Setter Property="Button.RenderTransform">
        <Setter.Value>
          <ScaleTransform CenterX="50" CenterY="50" ScaleX="1" ScaleY="1" />
        </Setter.Value>
      </Setter>
      <Style.Triggers>
        <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Mouse.MouseEnter">
          <EventTrigger.Actions>
            <BeginStoryboard >
              <Storyboard>
                <DoubleAnimation Duration="0:0:2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleX" To="3"  />
                <DoubleAnimation Duration="0:0:2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleY" To="3"  />
              </Storyboard>
            </BeginStoryboard>
          </EventTrigger.Actions>
        </EventTrigger>
        <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Mouse.MouseLeave">
          <EventTrigger.Actions>
            <BeginStoryboard HandoffBehavior="Compose">
              <Storyboard>
                <DoubleAnimation Duration="0:0:2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleX" />
                <DoubleAnimation Duration="0:0:2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleY" />
              </Storyboard>
            </BeginStoryboard>
          </EventTrigger.Actions>
        </EventTrigger>
      </Style.Triggers>
    </Style>
    <!-- For this button style, BeginStoryboard uses the default HandoffBehavior of "SnapShotAndReplace" -->
    <Style x:Key="ButtonWithSnapShotAndReplace" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
      <Setter Property="Button.RenderTransform">
        <Setter.Value>
          <ScaleTransform CenterX="50" CenterY="50" ScaleX="1" ScaleY="1" />
        </Setter.Value>
      </Setter>
      <Style.Triggers>
        <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Mouse.MouseEnter">
          <EventTrigger.Actions>
            <BeginStoryboard >
              <Storyboard>
                <DoubleAnimation Duration="0:0:2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleX" To="3"  />
                <DoubleAnimation Duration="0:0:2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleY" To="3"  />
              </Storyboard>
            </BeginStoryboard>
          </EventTrigger.Actions>
        </EventTrigger>
        <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Mouse.MouseLeave">
          <EventTrigger.Actions>
            <BeginStoryboard>
              <Storyboard>
                <DoubleAnimation Duration="0:0:2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleX" />
                <DoubleAnimation Duration="0:0:2" Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleY" />
              </Storyboard>
            </BeginStoryboard>
          </EventTrigger.Actions>
        </EventTrigger>
      </Style.Triggers>
    </Style>
  </Page.Resources>
  <Canvas>
    <Button Style="{StaticResource ButtonWithSnapShotAndReplace}" Canvas.Top="200" Canvas.Left="200" Width="100" Height="100">
      SnapShotAndReplace
    </Button>
    <Button Style="{StaticResource ButtonWithCompose}" Canvas.Top="200" Canvas.Left="400" Width="100" Height="100">
      Compose
    </Button>
  </Canvas>
</Page>

Platforms

Windows Vista

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0

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