It sounds as though you want to use a translatetransform for this scenario, along with a storyboard that uses a doubleanimation. When you use this transform, the location of the grid is changed to a place relative to where it would normally be.
So, you use the translatetransform to move the grid to a location that is physically off the viewable area, then when your button is pressed, the storyboard starts, which changed the value of the translatetransform to 0, which would put the grid into it's
final spot, which is where it would appear if you weren't using a transform.
TranslateTransform:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.ui.xaml.media.translatetransform.aspx
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