---
title: "How to: Animate in a ControlTemplate"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "animation [WPF], ControlTemplates"
  - "ControlTemplates [WPF], animating within"
ms.assetid: 97abb5d9-4dc7-4085-a011-54bd8bcb497b
---
# How to: Animate in a ControlTemplate
This example shows how to use <xref:System.Windows.Media.Animation.Storyboard>, <xref:System.Windows.EventTrigger>, and <xref:System.Windows.Trigger> objects to animate within a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.ControlTemplate>.  
  
## Example  
 [!code-xaml[AnimatePropertyStoryboards#GraphicsMMControlTemplateStoryboardExample](~/samples/snippets/xaml/VS_Snippets_Wpf/AnimatePropertyStoryboards/XAML/ControlTemplateStoryboardExample.xaml#graphicsmmcontroltemplatestoryboardexample)]  
  
 For more information about animating properties with storyboards, see [Storyboards Overview](storyboards-overview.md).  
  
## See also

- <xref:System.Windows.Controls.ControlTemplate>