WPF - How to style the menu control to remove the left margin?

Question

I have added a default menu control to my user control. I need to style the menu to remove the left margin containing the space for the icon or checkbox. How can I do this?

Answer 1

Two options here:

1. Short, simple and straight forward. Set ItemsPanelTemplate for MenuItem or ContextMenu, depending what kind of menu you are using (see details).

2. Radical. Rewrite Menu style from scratch. There are two ready to use styles:

   • XAML-style of Menu from MahApps.Metro (ordinary Menu and ContextMenu)
   • Jeff Wilcox's style which inspired the previous one from MahApps (link)