Applying transforms on elements

Transforms allow manipulating an entity's coordinates in various ways, the most common being translating (moving), scaling, and rotating. This ability provides a lot of flexibility in the way elements (and other objects) present themselves. Combined with animations and some creativity, transforms are even more powerful. In this recipe, we'll examine the ways to use transforms and discuss the available transform types.

Getting ready

Make sure Visual Studio is up and running.

How to do it...

We'll create some images and apply a rotation transform to some, showing the common properties that accept transforms:

1. Create a new WPF application named CH09.Transforms.

2. Add an existing image to the project, such as "penguins.jpg" from the Sample Pictures folder.

3. Open MainWindow.xaml. Add the following properties to the Window:

   SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight" FontSize="16" 
       ResizeMode="CanMinimize"

4. Remove the Width and Height property settings of the Window.

5. Add three columns...