How do I rotate a button automatically?

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im trying to use EventTrigger and BeginStoryBoard to rotate a button binding to its RenderTransform

What I have tried:

<stackpanel orientation="Vertical">

<button.rendertransform>
<rotatetransform angle="30" x:name="myrotate">

<button.triggers>

<eventtrigger routedevent="Button.Click">
<beginstoryboard>
<storyboard x:name="myStoryboard">
<doubleanimation
storyboard.targetname="{Binding myrotate}"
="" storyboard.targetproperty="{Binding Path=Angle}" from="0" to="360" duration="0:0:5" autoreverse="True" repeatbehavior="Forever">

Posted 24-Jan-20 20:35pm

fioresoft

Updated 24-Jan-20 21:27pm

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RickZeeland · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-24T21:28:00

Maybe this CodeProject article will offer some help: WPF Tutorial - Part 1 : Transformations[^]

You can also find some button examples here: Transforms Overview - WPF | Microsoft Docs[^]

<Page 
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  Title="Button Animated RotateTransform Example"
  Background="White" Margin="50">
  <StackPanel>
    <Button Content="A Button"
      RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
      <Button.RenderTransform>
        <RotateTransform x:Name="AnimatedRotateTransform" Angle="0" />
      </Button.RenderTransform>
      <Button.Triggers>
        <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Button.Click">
          <BeginStoryboard>
            <Storyboard>
              <DoubleAnimation 
                Storyboard.TargetName="AnimatedRotateTransform"
                Storyboard.TargetProperty="Angle" 
                To="360" Duration="0:0:1" FillBehavior="Stop" />
            </Storyboard>
          </BeginStoryboard>
        </EventTrigger>
      </Button.Triggers>
    </Button>

  </StackPanel>
</Page>