I created some animation on my style of "MenuItem" in Window.Resources
<Style TargetType="MenuItem">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="10"/>
<Setter Property="Background">
<Setter.Value>
<SolidColorBrush Color="#2e3137"/>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}">
<Border x:Name="Bd" Padding="17,0,17,0" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="#2e3137" SnapsToDevicePixels="True" Uid="Border_38">
<ContentPresenter x:Name="ContentPresenter" Content="{TemplateBinding Header}" Grid.Column="1" ContentSource="Header" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" Uid="ContentPresenter_33"/>
</Border>
<ControlTemplate.Triggers>
<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="MenuItem.MouseEnter">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation To="Gray" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(MenuItem.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Duration="0:0:0.3"/>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="MenuItem.MouseLeave">
<BeginStoryboard>
<Storyboard>
<ColorAnimation To="Transparent" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(MenuItem.Background).(SolidColorBrush.Color)" Duration="0:0:0.3"/>
</Storyboard>
</BeginStoryboard>
</EventTrigger>
<Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="False">
<Setter Property="Opacity" TargetName="Bd" Value="0.56"/>
</Trigger>
</ControlTemplate.Triggers>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
This one works well. But then i realized that i need to move style to Application.Resources, because i need this style in different windows, but when i moved it, animation stops working with error: 'Background' property does not point to a DependencyObject in path '(0).(1)'. So what the difference between this resources and how to solve my problem? Thx.
UPD: Found that problem not with MenuItems but with Labels, that strange becase i only set this style to Labels
<Style TargetType="Label">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="White"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="14"/>
</Style>