Animating Page Elements When the Page Orientation Changes
The VisualStateManager can be used to animate UIElements when the page orientation changes. This can be done by defining a set of VisualStateGroups corresponding to the PageOrientation values.
Each VisualStateGroup contains a collection of VisualState objects, each containing a collection of Storyboard objects that specify how an element’s properties change when the control is placed in a particular visual state.
In Listing 4.3, you see how the LandscapeRight VisualState includes a set of DoubleAnimations, which move various TextBlocks on the page to new positions when the page orientation changes.
LISTING 4.3. OrientationView.xaml (excerpt)
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