Opacity animation doesn't show...

[Charleh]

When I try and animate an objects opacity using a storyboard/doubleanimation the interpolated frames don't show - the animation runs OK and I can fire the Completed event and catch the output

On screen the control doesn't fade - it stays at 100% opacity then flicks to 0% opacity when it hits the end of the animation

I've actually had this working, but when it was working the control was actually scaling up in size also -

Anyone got any ideas? Kirupa, you use this stuff don't you?

Can I not see the animation because the client draw area is not being invalidated correctly when there is a change in opacity?

Cheers!

[Charleh]

I've just run a test - only when I update the control dimensions does the opacity interpolate correctly - what do I have to do to get this working without changing the entire control? Do I have to target the layoutroot and then set the propertytarget to the path of the child control of layoutroot to get the opacity anim to work?

[Charleh]

Fixed it - found that I had set something to be slightly bigger than the parent control visible area and the animation wouldn't play. As long as the control doesn't overlap the parent area I'm OK!

[kirupa]

Charleh - do you have a small example that shows that? The animation should play regardless of what size its parent control is.

[Charleh]

I've fixed and done a bit more on the project since then - I'll see if I can get a test project to you so you can have a look.