WPF Mouseover Trigger Effect for Child Controls

Question

Lets say I have this bit of code:

Answer 1

You can do it the other way around. That is, add DataTriggers to Image and TextBlock and make them trigger on IsMouseOver for the ancestor Grid.

Note: If you want this effect to trigger as soon as the mouse is over the Grid you will need to set Background to a value, like Transparent. By default, the Background is null and this value isn't used in hit testing.