Sliding text in combobox

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I would like to slide the text (marquee text) of the selected item in a combobox, if it's lenght is bigger than the width of the combobox. It can be either automatical or when the user put the mouse over the combobox. The problem is that i have absolutely no idea on how to do that. It's maybe possible to do that with a render transform (previous definition of a textblock inside it)? or with a storyboard?

Here is the xaml that i need to modify

<DataGrid.ColumnHeaderStyle>
     <Style TargetType="{x:Type DataGridColumnHeader}">
          <Setter Property="ContentTemplate" >
              <Setter.Value>
                  <DataTemplate DataType="DataGridColumnHeader"  >
                      <ComboBox ItemContainerStyle="{StaticResource SingleSelectionComboBoxItem}" DisplayMemberPath="Oggetto" Width="100" Height="20" ItemsSource="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType={x:Type DataGrid}},Path=DataContext.Selezione, UpdateSourceTrigger=LostFocus}"  SelectionChanged="SingleSelectionComboBox_SelectionChanged"/>
                  </DataTemplate>
              </Setter.Value>
          </Setter>
      </Style>
</DataGrid.ColumnHeaderStyle>

EDIT: the problem is that i don't know which properties should i target in the storyboard

EDIT2: i took the template of the combobox and modified the text box section like this :

<Style x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTextBox" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
            <Style.Triggers>
                <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="MouseEnter">
                    <EventTrigger.Actions>
                        <BeginStoryboard>
                            <Storyboard>
                                <DoubleAnimation From="0" To="100" Duration="00:00:10" Storyboard.TargetProperty="X" Storyboard.TargetName="transferCurreny" RepeatBehavior="Forever"  />
                            </Storyboard>
                        </BeginStoryboard>
                    </EventTrigger.Actions>
                </EventTrigger>
            </Style.Triggers>
            <Setter Property="RenderTransform">
                <Setter.Value>
                    <TranslateTransform x:Name="transferCurreny" X="0"/>
                </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>

The problem is that this seems to have no effect

EDIT 3: i realized that i had to use the template that use the style i mentioned above

            <ControlTemplate x:Key="ComboBoxEditableTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type ComboBox}">
            <Grid x:Name="Placement" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <Popup x:Name="PART_Popup" AllowsTransparency="true" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
               IsOpen="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
               PopupAnimation="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemParameters.ComboBoxPopupAnimationKey}}"
               Placement="Bottom">
                    <Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome x:Name="Shdw" Color="Transparent"
                                           MaxHeight="{TemplateBinding MaxDropDownHeight}"
                                           MinWidth="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=Placement}">
                        <Border x:Name="DropDownBorder"
                        BorderBrush="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowFrameBrushKey}}"
                        BorderThickness="1" Background="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}">
                            <ScrollViewer x:Name="DropDownScrollViewer">
                                <Grid RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled">
                                    <Canvas HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="0">
                                        <Rectangle x:Name="OpaqueRect"
                                           Fill="{Binding Background, ElementName=DropDownBorder}"
                                           Height="{Binding ActualHeight, ElementName=DropDownBorder}"
                                           Width="{Binding ActualWidth, ElementName=DropDownBorder}" />
                                    </Canvas>
                                    <ItemsPresenter x:Name="ItemsPresenter"
                                            KeyboardNavigation.DirectionalNavigation="Contained"
                                            SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" />
                                </Grid>
                            </ScrollViewer>
                        </Border>
                    </Themes:SystemDropShadowChrome>
                </Popup>
                <Themes:ListBoxChrome x:Name="Border" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
                              BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}"
                              Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
                              RenderMouseOver="{TemplateBinding IsMouseOver}"
                              RenderFocused="{TemplateBinding IsKeyboardFocusWithin}" />
            <TextBox x:Name="PART_EditableTextBox"
                 HorizontalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}"
                 IsReadOnly="{Binding IsReadOnly, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
                 Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTextBox}"
                 VerticalContentAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}" >
            </TextBox>
                <ToggleButton Grid.Column="1"
                      IsChecked="{Binding IsDropDownOpen, Mode=TwoWay, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}}"
                      Style="{StaticResource ComboBoxToggleButton}" />
            </Grid>
            <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                <Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocusWithin" Value="true">
                    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black" />
                </Trigger>
                <Trigger Property="IsDropDownOpen" Value="true">
                    <Setter Property="RenderFocused" TargetName="Border" Value="true" />
                </Trigger>
                <Trigger Property="HasItems" Value="false">
                    <Setter Property="Height" TargetName="DropDownBorder" Value="95" />
                </Trigger>
                <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
                    <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.GrayTextBrushKey}}" />
                    <Setter Property="Background" Value="#FFF4F4F4" />
                </Trigger>
                <MultiTrigger>
                    <MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                        <Condition Property="IsGrouping" Value="true" />
                        <Condition Property="VirtualizingPanel.IsVirtualizingWhenGrouping" Value="false" />
                    </MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                    <Setter Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" Value="false" />
                </MultiTrigger>
                <Trigger Property="HasDropShadow" SourceName="PART_Popup" Value="true">
                    <Setter Property="Margin" TargetName="Shdw" Value="0,0,5,5" />
                    <Setter Property="Color" TargetName="Shdw" Value="#71000000" />
                </Trigger>
                <Trigger Property="ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll" SourceName="DropDownScrollViewer" Value="false">
                    <Setter Property="Canvas.Top" TargetName="OpaqueRect"
                    Value="{Binding VerticalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}" />
                    <Setter Property="Canvas.Left" TargetName="OpaqueRect"
                    Value="{Binding HorizontalOffset, ElementName=DropDownScrollViewer}" />
                </Trigger>
            </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
        </ControlTemplate>

the textbox section is the one that use the style. However when i do Template="{StaticResource ComboBoxEditableTemplate}" in the combobox, i cannot see the selected item anymore, even if it's not null

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