Introducing Transformations
Transformations are special objects that modify the appearance of visual elements of type FrameworkElement
, applying interesting effects such as rotation or translation, keeping unchanged the visual element’s functional behavior. For example, with transformations you can rotate a ListBox
180°, but it will still work as usual; only the layout changes. Transformations are important to understand if you intend to apply animations to visual elements. Animations are covered in the next section. Keep in mind that when you apply animations, you animate transformation objects that affect visual elements. You apply transformations by adding a RenderTransform
node for your visual element at the XAML level. This is explained ...
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