wpf - Blinking TextBlock

Question

Hi iam trying to make an Wpf TextBlock to blink. I want like when im clicking on an button then the textblock blinks. How can i achive this.

I have tried the following.

<TextBlock Name="txtBlockScannerText" Margin="10,0,0,0" Style="{StaticResource TextBlockNormal}" Text="Skanna Inleverans listan">
    <TextBlock.Triggers>
        <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="TextBlock.MouseEnter">
            <EventTrigger.Actions>
                <BeginStoryboard>
                    <Storyboard BeginTime="00:00:00" RepeatBehavior="Forever" Storyboard.TargetName="txtBlockScannerText" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Foreground).(SolidColorBrush.Color)">
                        <ColorAnimation From="Black" To="Red" Duration="0:0:1"/>
                    </Storyboard>
                </BeginStoryboard>
            </EventTrigger.Actions>
        </EventTrigger>
    </TextBlock.Triggers>
</TextBlock>

But with this code it only blinks when my mouse enter it. How can i trigger the blink in an button click event. Or how do i call the event to blink. Thanks for help

Answer 1

Make your trigger listen to the Loaded event rather than the MouseEnter event...

<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="TextBlock.Loaded">