Zoom effect to wpf label

Use animations[^]!

Assume you have following XAML:

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication7.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Window.Resources>
        <Style
            TargetType="Label">
            <Setter
                Property="RenderTransform">
                <Setter.Value>
                    <ScaleTransform x:Name="transform"></ScaleTransform>
                </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
                <Style.Triggers>
                <EventTrigger
                    RoutedEvent="MouseEnter">
                        <BeginStoryboard
                            Name="zoomIn">
                            <Storyboard>
                                <DoubleAnimation
                                    Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleX"
                                    To="3"
                                    Duration="00:00:00.25"></DoubleAnimation>
                                <DoubleAnimation
                                    Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleY"
                                    To="3"
                                    Duration="00:00:00.25"></DoubleAnimation>
                            </Storyboard>
                        </BeginStoryboard>
                </EventTrigger>
                <EventTrigger
                    RoutedEvent="MouseLeave">
                    <BeginStoryboard
                        Name="zoomOut">
                        <Storyboard>
                            <DoubleAnimation
                                Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleX"
                                To="1"
                                Duration="00:00:00.25"></DoubleAnimation>
                            <DoubleAnimation
                                Storyboard.TargetProperty="RenderTransform.ScaleY"
                                To="1"
                                Duration="00:00:00.25"></DoubleAnimation>
                        </Storyboard>
                    </BeginStoryboard>
                </EventTrigger>
            </Style.Triggers>
        </Style>
    </Window.Resources>
    <Grid>
        <StackPanel Name="_stackPanel">
            <Button Click="Button_Click">Add Panel</Button>
        </StackPanel>
    </Grid>
</Window>

and an eventhandler defined as follows:

private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
    _stackPanel.Children.Add(new Label() {
        Content = Guid.NewGuid().ToString()
    });
}

your all set!

the implicit style defined for label will apply to all Label-instances defined under the scope of MainWindow. this can sure lead to side effects, cause every label instance, that does not specifiy an alternate style be iteslf will have this behavior. In this case you could consider defining the style in a more decent element, like the StackPanel i used...or just assign a x:Key to the style and assign it when you create the label instance in codebehind:

<Style
            x:Key="zoomLabelStyle"
            TargetType="Label">
...
</Style>

private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
            _stackPanel.Children.Add(new Label() {
                Content = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), 
                Style=(Style)TryFindResource("zoomLabelStyle")
            });
        }