Silverlight Text Rotator Blind
The Text Rotator Blind is slightly different version of our Text Roller Blind control and has been optimized for Silverlight 3 to make use of the built in 3D rotation capabilities.
This Silverlight only Text Rotator Blind Control is easy to implement on your Silverlight driven website and is also customizable to provide a visual feel suitable for any site design.
To use the Text Rotator Blind control you will need to add a reference to Liquid.dll in your project.
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How to Use the Text Rotator Blind Control
To use the Text Rotator Blind on your Silverlight page:
<UserControl x:Class="TextRotatorBlind.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:liquid="clr-namespace:Liquid;assembly=Liquid"
Width="400" Height="300">
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<liquid:TextRotatorBlind x:Name="currentStatus" Canvas.Left="10" Canvas.Top="8" Width="130" Height="80" TopText="Employment" BottomText="Status">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Margin="6">
<RadioButton Content="Employed" GroupName="main" Checked="CurrentStatus_Click" />
<RadioButton Content="Unemployed" GroupName="main" Checked="CurrentStatus_Click" />
<RadioButton Content="Career Break" GroupName="main" Checked="CurrentStatus_Click" />
<RadioButton Content="Other" GroupName="main" Checked="CurrentStatus_Click" />
</StackPanel>
</liquid:TextRotatorBlind>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
In your C# code behind file you can refer to the Text Rotator Blind using currentStatus. In this example we create a simple Text Rotator Blind containing a set of Radio Buttons.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
namespace TextRotatorBlind
{
public partial class MainPage : UserControl
{
public MainPage()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void CurrentStatus_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
currentStatus.Value = ((RadioButton)sender).Content.ToString();
}
}
}
Example Silverlight Text Rotator Blind Control:
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