Hi all

I have the following ControlTemplate for a WPF TabItem:

<ControlTemplate x:Key="DefaultTabItemTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type TabItem}">
    <ControlTemplate.Resources>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="UnselectedForegroundBrush" Color="#414141" />
        <!-- Unique color for this template -->
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="SelectedForegroundBrush" Color="#457581" />
        <!-- Unique color for this template -->
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="MouseOverTextBrush" x:Name="local_MouseOverTextBrush" Color="#FFF2F2F2"/>
    </ControlTemplate.Resources>
    <Grid>
        <Border Name="Border" MinHeight="30" Margin="0,0,0,-1" Background="{DynamicResource TabControlBackgroundBrush}" BorderBrush="{DynamicResource ndt_DisabledForegroundBrush}"  BorderThickness="1,1,1,1" CornerRadius="0,0,0,0" >
            <ContentPresenter x:Name="ContentSite" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Center" TextElement.FontStretch="UltraExpanded" TextElement.FontWeight="UltraBlack" ContentSource="Header" Margin="12,2,12,2" RecognizesAccessKey="True" />
        </Border>
    </Grid>
    <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
        <Trigger Property="IsSelected" Value="True">
            <Setter Property="Panel.ZIndex" Value="2" />
            <Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource ndt_TabControlBackgroundBrush}" />
            <Setter TargetName="Border" Property="BorderThickness" Value="1,1,1,0" />
            <Setter TargetName="ContentSite" Property="TextElement.Foreground" Value="{StaticResource SelectedForegroundBrush}" />
        </Trigger>
        <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
            <Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource ndt_DisabledBackgroundBrush}" />
            <Setter TargetName="ContentSite" Property="TextElement.Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource ndt_DarkGray}" />
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource ndt_DisabledForegroundBrush}" />
        </Trigger>
        <MultiTrigger>
            <MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                <Condition Property="IsMouseOver" Value="True" />
                <Condition Property="IsSelected" Value="False" />
            </MultiTrigger.Conditions>
            <Setter TargetName="Border" Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource ndt_NavigationAreaBrush}" />
            <Setter TargetName="ContentSite" Property="TextElement.Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource MouseOverTextBrush}" />
        </MultiTrigger> 
    </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>

Everything works fine so far. The MultiTrigger at the end of the template defines a mouse over effect for not selected TabItems. Now I thought the change in color for this mouse over effect looks a bit brash so let´s animate it with a ColorAnimation. But don´t count the chickens before they hatch - everything I tried didn´t work. Maybe I oversee the obvious - but how to achieve this feat ?

Thanks in advance

banzai