I've defined the following two states in Expression Blend. I've been trying to follow [this](http://dotneteers.net/blogs/vbandi/archive/2011/03/08/handling-wp7-orientation-changes-via-visual-states.aspx) guide but I feel like it leaves me hanging when I need information on how and when to change state. 

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z358r.png)

According to the guide I am to attach a behaviour(I assume "GotoState") to my `UserControl` - Unfortunately I don't think I actually have a `User Control` - and even if I did, would I have to attach a behaviour to both my `PortraitState` and my `LandscapeState`? 

It seems I can attach a `GotoState` to my `LayoutRoot` element. So do I attach my behaviour to that in both states? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

\*edit: I was playing around in my xaml.cs file and figured that this might be the way to do it programmatically. when debugging and changing the orientation I enter my switch case and find the correct orientation. The state, however, is never switched. What am I doing wrong?

```
    protected override void OnOrientationChanged(OrientationChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        switch (e.Orientation)
        {
            case PageOrientation.Landscape:
                ExtendedVisualStateManager.GoToElementState(root:this.LayoutRoot, stateName: "LandscapeState", useTransitions: true);
                break;
            case PageOrientation.LandscapeRight:
                ExtendedVisualStateManager.GoToElementState(root:this.LayoutRoot, stateName: "LandscapeState", useTransitions: true);
                break;
            case PageOrientation.LandscapeLeft:
                ExtendedVisualStateManager.GoToElementState(root:LayoutRoot, stateName: "LandscapeState", useTransitions: true);
                break;
            case PageOrientation.Portrait:
                ExtendedVisualStateManager.GoToElementState(root:this.LayoutRoot, stateName: "PortraitState", useTransitions: true);
                break;
            case PageOrientation.PortraitUp:
                ExtendedVisualStateManager.GoToElementState(root:this.LayoutRoot, stateName: "PortraitState", useTransitions: true);
                break;
            case PageOrientation.PortraitDown:
                ExtendedVisualStateManager.GoToElementState(root:this.LayoutRoot, stateName: "PortraitState", useTransitions: true);
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }

```

edit2: When attempting the above It seems that GotoElementState returns false and, according to MSDN: "returns true if the control successfully transitioned to the new state; otherwise, false."

Now I'm left with the question : What can cause my state transition to fail?