SelectionDisplay.xaml

<UserControl x:Class="Microsoft.Samples.Kinect.ControlsBasics.SelectionDisplay"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
             mc:Ignorable="d" 
             d:DesignHeight="300"
             d:DesignWidth="300"
             Background="Transparent"
             FontFamily="Segoe UI"
             FontSize="30">
    <UserControl.Resources>
        <Storyboard x:Key="OnLoadedStoryboard" Completed="OnLoadedStoryboardCompleted">
            <DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TransformGroup.Children)[0].(ScaleTransform.ScaleX)" Storyboard.TargetName="grid">
                <EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="0.1"/>
                <EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.2" Value="1"/>
                <EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:2.2" Value="1"/>
                <EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:2.4" Value="0.1"/>
            </DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
            <DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.RenderTransform).(TransformGroup.Children)[0].(ScaleTransform.ScaleY)" Storyboard.TargetName="grid">
                <EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="0.1"/>
                <EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.2" Value="1"/>
                <EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:2.2" Value="1"/>
                <EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:2.4" Value="0.1"/>
            </DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
            <ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Visibility)" Storyboard.TargetName="grid">
                <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:2.4" Value="{x:Static Visibility.Hidden}"/>
            </ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
        </Storyboard>
    </UserControl.Resources>
    <UserControl.Triggers>
        <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="FrameworkElement.Loaded">
            <BeginStoryboard x:Name="OnLoadedStoryboard_BeginStoryboard" Storyboard="{StaticResource OnLoadedStoryboard}"/>
        </EventTrigger>
    </UserControl.Triggers>
    <Grid x:Name="layoutRoot">
        <Grid x:Name="grid" RenderTransformOrigin="0.5,0.5">
            <Grid.RenderTransform>
                <TransformGroup>
                    <ScaleTransform/>
                    <SkewTransform/>
                    <RotateTransform/>
                    <TranslateTransform/>
                </TransformGroup>
            </Grid.RenderTransform>
            <TextBlock x:Name="messageTextBlock" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">You selected item #14</TextBlock>
        </Grid>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>