Change the height of the title bar

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Question: Can we change the height of the title bar displayed in MahApps.Metro?

Details: For instance, in the following XAML example from the MahApps team, I want to display the content Deploy CupCake - of the TextBlock - below the image of the CupCake. So I removed the Orientation="Horizontal" from the StackPanel in the following XAML. As shown in the snapshot below, the content Deploy CupCake is now showing below the image of CupCake - but it is hiding almost all of it. How can we make this content show all of it below the CupCake image?

Snapshot of the Toolbar with MahApps.Metro: Only about 10% of the content is showing below the image.

<mah:MetroWindow x:Class="SampleApp.MainWindow"
                 xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
                 xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
                 xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
                 xmlns:iconPacks="http://metro.mahapps.com/winfx/xaml/iconpacks"
                 xmlns:mah="clr-namespace:MahApps.Metro.Controls;assembly=MahApps.Metro"
                 xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
                 Title="MainWindow"
                 Width="800"
                 Height="450"
                 GlowBrush="{DynamicResource MahApps.Brushes.Accent}"
                 ResizeMode="CanResizeWithGrip"
                 WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
                 mc:Ignorable="d">

  <mah:MetroWindow.LeftWindowCommands>
    <mah:WindowCommands>
      <Button Click="LaunchGitHubSite" ToolTip="Open up the GitHub site">
        <iconPacks:PackIconModern Width="22"
                                  Height="22"
                                  Kind="SocialGithubOctocat" />
      </Button>
    </mah:WindowCommands>
  </mah:MetroWindow.LeftWindowCommands>

  <mah:MetroWindow.RightWindowCommands>
    <mah:WindowCommands>
      <Button Click="DeployCupCakes" Content="Deploy CupCakes">
        <Button.ContentTemplate>
          <DataTemplate>
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
              <iconPacks:PackIconModern Width="22"
                                        Height="22"
                                        VerticalAlignment="Center"
                                        Kind="FoodCupcake" />
              <TextBlock Margin="4 0 0 0"
                         VerticalAlignment="Center"
                         Text="{Binding}" />
            </StackPanel>
          </DataTemplate>
        </Button.ContentTemplate>
      </Button>
    </mah:WindowCommands>
  </mah:MetroWindow.RightWindowCommands>

  <Grid>
    <!--  Your content  -->
  </Grid>
</mah:MetroWindow>

Answer 1

First of all, it is better to use a to use a panel that distributes the available space among its content, like a Grid, to prevent cutting off content as with the StackPanel. Here, the data template defines a Grid with two rows, where the TextBlock scales to its desired size and the icon takes up the remaining available space. Also note the HorizontalAlignment of the icon, it is centered.

<DataTemplate>
   <Grid>
      <Grid.RowDefinitions>
         <RowDefinition/>
         <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
      </Grid.RowDefinitions>
      <iconPacks:PackIconModern Grid.Row="0"
                                Width="22"
                                Height="22"
                                HorizontalAlignment="Center"
                                Kind="FoodCupcake" />
      <TextBlock Grid.Row="1"
                 Margin="4 0 0 0"
                 VerticalAlignment="Center"
                 Text="{Binding}" />
   </Grid>
</DataTemplate>

The same result could also be achieved using a DockPanel, where the last child (in this case the icon) takes up the remaining available space, so the order of the defined controls is important.

<DataTemplate>
   <DockPanel>
      <TextBlock DockPanel.Dock="Bottom"
                 Margin="4 0 0 0"
                 VerticalAlignment="Center"
                 Text="{Binding}" />
      <iconPacks:PackIconModern DockPanel.Dock="Top"
                                Width="22"
                                Height="22"
                                HorizontalAlignment="Center"
                                Kind="FoodCupcake" />
   </DockPanel>
</DataTemplate>

In both cases you will get the result below, a button with a centered icon and a text below.

To make the button more prominent, change the title bar height with the TitleBarHeight property.

<mah:MetroWindow x:Class="SampleApp.MainWindow"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
         xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
         xmlns:iconPacks="http://metro.mahapps.com/winfx/xaml/iconpacks"
         xmlns:mah="clr-namespace:MahApps.Metro.Controls;assembly=MahApps.Metro"
         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
         Title="MainWindow"
         Width="800"
         Height="450"
         GlowBrush="{DynamicResource MahApps.Brushes.Accent}"
         ResizeMode="CanResizeWithGrip"
         WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
         mc:Ignorable="d"
         TitleBarHeight="50">