How do you do transition effects using the Frame control in WPF?

Question

I thought this would be easy but I guess not.

I have 2 pages that load in my frame control. I want to be able to either have a nice slide effect from one page to the next or just a simple fade-In effect.

Can't seem to find this anywhere on the internets.

Update 1 The accepted answer is good, but I found an even better one here. http://www.japf.fr/2008/07/8/comment-page-1/

Update 2 If you can believe it I found an even better solution.
http://fluidkit.codeplex.com/

Answer 1

There is a similar problem discussed here: Transition Fade Animation When Navigating To Page Using the technique described there you can slide\move your frame control each time a new page is navigated. Smth like this:

xaml:

...
<Frame Name = "frame" Navigating="frame_Navigating">
...

code:

...
private bool                        _allowDirectNavigation = false;
private NavigatingCancelEventArgs   _navArgs = null;
private Duration                    _duration = new Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
private double                      _oldHeight = 0;

private void frame_Navigating(object sender, NavigatingCancelEventArgs e)
{
    if (Content!=null && !_allowDirectNavigation)
    {
        e.Cancel = true;

        _navArgs = e;
        _oldHeight = frame.ActualHeight;

        DoubleAnimation animation0 = new DoubleAnimation();
        animation0.From = frame.ActualHeight;
        animation0.To = 0;
        animation0.Duration = _duration;
        animation0.Completed += SlideCompleted;
        frame.BeginAnimation(HeightProperty, animation0);
    }
    _allowDirectNavigation = false;
}

private void SlideCompleted(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    _allowDirectNavigation = true;
    switch (_navArgs.NavigationMode)
    {
        case NavigationMode.New:
            if (_navArgs.Uri == null)
                frame.Navigate(_navArgs.Content);
            else
                frame.Navigate(_navArgs.Uri);
            break;
        case NavigationMode.Back:
            frame.GoBack();
            break;
        case NavigationMode.Forward:
            frame.GoForward();
            break;
        case NavigationMode.Refresh:
            frame.Refresh();
            break;
    }

    Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(DispatcherPriority.Loaded,
        (ThreadStart)delegate()
        {
            DoubleAnimation animation0 = new DoubleAnimation();
            animation0.From = 0;
            animation0.To = _oldHeight;
            animation0.Duration = _duration;
            frame.BeginAnimation(HeightProperty, animation0);
        });
}
...

hope this helps, regards

Answer 2

My answer is the improved version of the answer given by serge_gebunko.
It gives you the Sliding left and right effect.

XAML

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<Frame Name = "MainFrame" Navigating="MainFrame_OnNavigating">
...

C#

 private void MainFrame_OnNavigating(object sender, NavigatingCancelEventArgs e) {
                var ta = new ThicknessAnimation();
                ta.Duration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.3);
                ta.DecelerationRatio = 0.7;
                ta.To = new Thickness(0 , 0 , 0 , 0);
                if (e.NavigationMode == NavigationMode.New) {         
                    ta.From = new Thickness(500, 0, 0, 0);                                                  
                }
                else if (e.NavigationMode == NavigationMode.Back) {                
                    ta.From = new Thickness(0 , 0 , 500 , 0);                                               
                }
                 (e.Content as Page).BeginAnimation(MarginProperty , ta);
            }