How do I space out the child elements of a StackPanel?

Question

Given a StackPanel:

  Apple
  Banana
  

        

Answer 1

My approach inherits StackPanel.

Usage:

    Test 1
    Test 2
    Test 3

All that's needed is the following short class:

using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System;

namespace Controls
{
    public class ItemSpacer : StackPanel
    {
        public static DependencyProperty CellPaddingProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("CellPadding", typeof(Thickness), typeof(ItemSpacer), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(default(Thickness), FrameworkPropertyMetadataOptions.BindsTwoWayByDefault, OnCellPaddingChanged));
        public Thickness CellPadding
        {
            get
            {
                return (Thickness)GetValue(CellPaddingProperty);
            }
            set
            {
                SetValue(CellPaddingProperty, value);
            }
        }
        private static void OnCellPaddingChanged(DependencyObject Object, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            ((ItemSpacer)Object).SetPadding();
        }

        private void SetPadding()
        {
            foreach (UIElement Element in Children)
            {
                (Element as FrameworkElement).Margin = this.CellPadding;
            }
        }

        public ItemSpacer()
        {
            this.LayoutUpdated += PART_Host_LayoutUpdated;
        }

        private void PART_Host_LayoutUpdated(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            this.SetPadding();
        }
    }
}