Hello.

I am Paul Kinlan.

A Developer Advocate for Chrome and the Open Web at Google.

I love the web. The web should allow anyone to access any experience that they need without the need for native install or content walled garden.

XAML Menu Throbbing!

Paul Kinlan

I had this cool idea to add some throbbing action to my GelButton menu items in XAML. I wanted them to subtly pulse when hovered over. Turns out, it's harder than I thought! I've learned some limitations in XAML (May CTP): you can't start/stop storyboards from triggers, apply a single animation to all controls of a type, and TargetID is deprecated in favor of TargetName. Points 1 & 2 are especially problematic as they blur the lines between UI and application logic. I'm going to look for workarounds and see if others have solutions. Might even post my (probably wrong) ideas on how things should work.

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