WPF UI Animation Library

Question

Is there a WPF library that can be used for animations?

It should support animating transitions from one WPF form to another (like flip effects etc) and also been able to animate toolbox components (like labels etc).

Solution 1

There's some effects and transitions libraries on Codeplex.

• http://wpffx.codeplex.com/

• http://transitionals.codeplex.com/

And this one which lets you transition between different UserControls.

• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/197132/Simple-WPF-Page-Transitions

In fact, have a good scout around on Codeplex and CodeProject and you will find several other libraries that may help you out.

Solution 2

Try having a look at Transitionz which is a free open source WPF Animations library published and used by SciChart.

It allows you to animate Opacity, Translate Transform, or Blur on attached property changed, on load, on visibility. With MVVM support allowing changes from a view model.

The Github wiki & source is here: https://github.com/ABTSoftware/SciChart.Wpf.UI/wiki/Transitionz-Library

And NuGet is here: https://www.nuget.org/packages/SciChart.WPF.UI.Transitionz/

Solution 3

Telerik controls got what you wan't, but I'll suggest you to give it a try to the native WPF Animations, it isn't that hard and it's included right out the box (for free). Obviously working with something like Blend will make your work pretty easier.