Introduction
In this article I describe how to create Windows Store Apps for page transition using JavaScript. Use page animation to bring the first page of an application onto the screen or when transitioning to a new page. The contents of the new page animates in two sections. When we navigate to a second page then the first data is shown from the first section and than data is shown from the second section of the same page.
Put the app in a Snap view to see the Snap version of this animation. The snap view is always a fixed 320px in width, which allows developers to refine and create a targeted view for this size. A width of 320px is a common and familiar size that developers are already designing for on various phone platforms. I assume you can create a simple Windows Store App using JavaScript; for more help visit Simple Windows Store Apps using JavaScript.
To start the creation of the apps, add three JavaScript pages by right-clicking on the js folder in the Solution Explorer and select Add > new item > JavaScript Page and then give an appropriate name. In the same way, add two HTML pages to your project.
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Write the following code in the default.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>App</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/css/ui-light.css" />
<script src="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/js/base.js"></script>
<script src="//Microsoft.WinJS.1.0/js/ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/sample-utils/sample-utils.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/default.css" />
<script src="/js/script.js"></script>
<script src="/js/default.js"></script>
</head>
<body role="application" style="background-color: darksalmon">
<center><div id="rootGrid">
<div id="content">
<h1 id="featureLabel"></h1>
<div id="contentHost"></div>
</div>
</div></center>
</body>
</html>
Write the following code in the default.js:
(function () {
"use strict";
var sampleTitle = "";
var scenarios = [
{ url: "page.html" }
];
function activated(eventObject) {
if (eventObject.detail.kind === Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ActivationKind.launch) {
eventObject.setPromise(WinJS.UI.processAll().then(function () {
var url = WinJS.Application.sessionState.lastUrl || pages[0].url;
return WinJS.Navigation.navigate(url);
}));
}
}
WinJS.Navigation.addEventListener("navigated", function (eventObject) {
var url = eventObject.detail.location;
var host = document.getElementById("contentHost");
host.winControl && host.winControl.unload && host.winControl.unload();
WinJS.Utilities.empty(host);
eventObject.detail.setPromise(WinJS.UI.Pages.render(url, host, eventObject.detail.state).then(function () {
WinJS.Application.sessionState.lastUrl = url;
}));
});
WinJS.Namespace.define("App", {
sampleTitle: sampleTitle,
pages: pages
});
WinJS.Application.addEventListener("activated", activated, false);
WinJS.Application.start();
})();
Write the following code in the page.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<script src="/js/script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="input" data-win-control="Apps.pageInput">
<button id="runAnimation">Animate the page</button><br /><br />
</div>
<div id="output" data-win-control="Apps.pageOutput">
<p id="outputText" />
</div>
</body>
</html>
Write the following code in the script.js:
(function () {
"use strict";
var page = WinJS.UI.Pages.define("page.html", {
ready: function (element, options) {
runAnimation.addEventListener("click", transitionBetweenPages, false);
if (WinJS.Navigation.state === "sample page") {
outputText.innerText = "Transitioned back from page.";
WinJS.UI.Animation.enterPage();
}
}
});
function transitionBetweenPages() {
WinJS.UI.Animation.exitPage().done(
function () {
WinJS.Navigation.navigate("page1.html");
});
}
})();
Write the following code in the page1.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/samplePage.css" />
<script src="/js/scriptforpage1.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="samplePage">
<div id="samplePageHeader">
</div>
<div id="samplePageBody">
<div id="samplePageSection1">
<p>Hi this is Deepak Middha</p>
</div>
<div id="samplePageSection2">
<p>How Are you!</p>
<button id="returnButton">return</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Write the following code in the scriptforpage1.js:
(function () {
"use strict";
WinJS.UI.Pages.define("Page1.html", {
ready: function (element, options) {
returnButton.addEventListener("click", transitionBetweenPages, false);
rootGrid.style.overflow = "auto";
content.style.overflow = "visible";
WinJS.UI.Animation.enterPage([samplePageHeader, samplePageSection1, samplePageSection2], null);
},
unload: function () {
rootGrid.style.overflow = "visible";
content.style.overflow = "auto";
}
});
function transitionBetweenPages() {
WinJS.UI.Animation.exitPage([samplePageHeader, samplePageSection1, samplePageSection2], null).done(
function () {
WinJS.Navigation.navigate("Page.html", "sample page");
});
}
})();
Write the following code in the script1.js:
(function () {
var ScenarioOutput = WinJS.Class.define(
function (element, options) {
element.winControl = this;
this.element = element;
new WinJS.Utilities.QueryCollection(element)
.setAttribute("role", "region")
.setAttribute("aria-labelledby", "outputLabel")
.setAttribute("aria-live", "assertive");
element.id = "output";
this._addOutputLabel(element);
this._addStatusOutput(element);
}, {
_addOutputLabel: function (element) {
var label = document.createElement("h2");
label.id = "outputLabel";
label.textContent = "Output";
element.parentNode.insertBefore(label, element);
},
_addStatusOutput: function (element) {
var statusDiv = document.createElement("div");
statusDiv.id = "statusMessage";
element.insertBefore(statusDiv, element.childNodes[0]);
}
}
);
var currentpageUrl = null;
WinJS.Navigation.addEventListener("navigating", function (evt) {
currentpageUrl = evt.detail.location;
});
WinJS.log = function (message, tag, type) {
var statusDiv = document.getElementById("statusMessage");
};
function activated(e) {
WinJS.Utilities.query("#featureLabel")[0].textContent = SdkSample.sampleTitle;
}
WinJS.Application.addEventListener("activated", activated, false);
WinJS.Namespace.define("Apps", {
pageOutput: pageOutput
});
})();
Output
![transitions-in-windows-stores-apps.jpg]()
![transitions-In-windows-store-apps.jpg]()
Summary
In this article I described how to create a Windows Store App for transition between pages and animating the data using JavaScript. I hope this article has helped you in understanding this topic. Please share it. If you know more about this, your feedback and constructive contributions are welcome.