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Change StackPanel background color with ColorAnimation

Well, I'm trying to change the background color of a StackPanel in a DataTemplate using a ColorAnimation:

    <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type logic:Sensor}">
        <StackPanel Name="SensorPanel" MouseDown="SensorPanel_MouseDown">
        </StackPanel>
        <DataTemplate.Triggers>
            <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Status}" Value="0">
                <!--<Setter TargetName="SensorPanel" Property="Background" Value="LawnGreen" />-->

                <DataTrigger.EnterActions>
                    <BeginStoryboard>
                        <Storyboard>
                            <ColorAnimation 
                                Storyboard.TargetName="SensorPanel" 
                                Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Panel.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
                                To="LawnGreen" Duration="0:0:0.25" AutoReverse="True" RepeatBehavior="4">
                            </ColorAnimation>
                        </Storyboard>
                    </BeginStoryboard>
                </DataTrigger.EnterActions>

            </DataTrigger>
        </DataTemplate.Triggers>
    </DataTemplate>

No compile time errors. But when I run this, an InvalidOperationException is thrown: "The property" Background "does not point to a DependencyObject in the path" (0). (1) "."

What?: D

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Your code worked fine for me. I just made small changes.



    <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type Model:Sensor}">
        <StackPanel Name="SensorPanel" Background="LightBlue" Width="100" Margin="5">
            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}"/>
            <ToggleButton Margin="2" IsChecked="{Binding IsChecked}" Content="Set status=0" />
        </StackPanel>
      <DataTemplate.Triggers>
            <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Status}" Value="0">
                <!--<Setter TargetName="SensorPanel" Property="Background" Value="LawnGreen" />-->

                <DataTrigger.EnterActions>
                    <BeginStoryboard>
                        <Storyboard>
                            <ColorAnimation 
                            Storyboard.TargetName="SensorPanel" 
                            Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Panel.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)"
                            To="LawnGreen" Duration="0:0:0.25" AutoReverse="True" RepeatBehavior="4">
                            </ColorAnimation>
                        </Storyboard>
                    </BeginStoryboard>
                </DataTrigger.EnterActions>

            </DataTrigger>
        </DataTemplate.Triggers>
    </DataTemplate>

    <ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Sensors}" />
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For documentation purposes:

A bit tricky to use (Panel.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)

. The real problem is that ColorAnimation

it only works for the property Color

instead of Brush

. For me this is the trick:

Define the panel brush ...



<StackPanel Name="SensorPanel" MouseDown="SensorPanel_MouseDown">
    <StackPanel.Background>
        <SolidColorBrush Color="White" x:Name="PanelColor"/>
    </StackPanel.Background>
</StackPanel>

... then animate the property Color

SolidColorBrush

:

<ColorAnimation 
    Storyboard.TargetName="PanelColor" 
    Storyboard.TargetProperty="Color"
    To="LawnGreen" Duration="0:0:0.25" AutoReverse="True" RepeatBehavior="4">
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