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title: "Triggers in WPF"  
description: "WPF  provides a new concept to the UI development effort: the trigger. Triggers are  used to control and manipulate the visual representation of a con"  
author: "Uttam Misra"  
published: 2011-05-12  
updated: 2014-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/167/triggers-in-wpf  
category: "wpf"  
tags: ["wpf"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Triggers in WPF

[WPF](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/549/dynamic-bind-textbox-data-to-label-control-in-wpf) provides a new [concept](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/79/routing-concept-in-dot-net) to the [UI development](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/337380/best-practices-in-react-for-creating-reusable-components) effort: the trigger. [Triggers](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/337000/what-are-sql-triggers-and-ways-of-using-them-effectively) are used to [control](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/197/asp-dot-net-repeater-control) and manipulate the [visual representation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40587/create-a-visual-representation-of-the-emancipation-proclamation) of a control’s [style](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126300/apa-citation-style-get-to-know-about-it-for-your-next-assignment) [elements](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1440/wpf-button-with-multiple-text-elements) within a window.

##### Numerous different types of triggers are in use:

##### · Property triggers

##### · Event triggers

##### · Data triggers

##### · Multi-condition data triggers

##### · Multiple triggers

##### · Multi-condition triggers

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