Ability to turn off "TopPadding" in NavigationView about microsoft-ui-xaml

[YuliKl]

Broadening this feature request slightly. We should provide new ThemeResources for both the TopPadding on NavigationView.Content and HeaderContent margin on NavigationView.Header.

[YuliKl]

@jamers99 Thank you for the feature request, I agree with you that the top of NavigationView lacks easy customization opportunities. We're planning to add an overwritable ThemeResource to address this. A ThemeResource will allow us to keep the current default padding and also let app developers choose custom values, including 0.

This work was tracked by an internal bug (filed before we went open source). That bug is now resolved and we'll track the request here on GitHub.

[mdtauk]

Maybe the platform could provide a TitlebarHeight which can be consumed in XAML without having to query the OccludedRect - and this value updates on DPI changes?

This value could then be used by the NavigationView top padding when Titlebar is extended, and overridden by a non empty/null value in the app resources?

[YuliKl]

Very brief spec for this feature request is now available here: microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml-specs#8

[chrisglein]

Modest starter for whoever picks up this work: https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/tree/user/cglein/navViewTopPadding
(just adds the property, doesn't consume it)

[knightmeister]

Hi guys, is this still targeting 2.2?

[YuliKl]

Hi guys, is this still targeting 2.2?

While @RBrid would know with more certainty, I believe we are still targeting WinUI 2.2

[YuliKl]

Reopening the issue to make sure I update documentation. @RBrid, can you double-check that the Release Checklist is accurate?