Windows phone WinRT Pivot remove header and title space - xaml

Question

I want to remove the space the title and headers normaly occupy inside a Pivot when using Winrt toolkit with Windows phone 8.1 so the content of the Pivotitem is filling the screen.
here is what i tried:
<Page.Resources>
<Thickness x:Key="PivotPortraitThemePadding">19,0,0,0</Thickness>
<Thickness x:Key="PivotLandscapeThemePadding">19,25,0,0</Thickness>
<Style x:Key="CustomPivotStyle" TargetType="Pivot">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{ThemeResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="ItemsPanel">
<Setter.Value>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Grid/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Pivot">
<Grid x:Name="RootElement" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalAlignment}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalAlignment}">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="Orientation">
<VisualState x:Name="Portrait">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin" Storyboard.TargetName="TitleContentControl">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource PivotPortraitThemePadding}"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Landscape">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin" Storyboard.TargetName="TitleContentControl">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource PivotLandscapeThemePadding}"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<ContentControl x:Name="TitleContentControl" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding TitleTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Title}" Style="{StaticResource PivotTitleContentControlStyle}"/>
<ScrollViewer x:Name="ScrollViewer" HorizontalSnapPointsAlignment="Center" HorizontalSnapPointsType="MandatorySingle" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Grid.Row="1" Template="{StaticResource ScrollViewerScrollBarlessTemplate}" VerticalSnapPointsType="None" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" VerticalScrollMode="Disabled" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch" ZoomMode="Disabled">
<PivotPanel x:Name="Panel" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
<PivotHeaderPanel x:Name="Header" Background="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}">
<PivotHeaderPanel.RenderTransform>
<CompositeTransform x:Name="HeaderTranslateTransform" TranslateX="0"/>
</PivotHeaderPanel.RenderTransform>
</PivotHeaderPanel>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="PivotItemPresenter">
<ItemsPresenter.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform x:Name="ItemsPresenterTranslateTransform" X="0"/>
</ItemsPresenter.RenderTransform>
</ItemsPresenter>
</PivotPanel>
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Page.Resources>
<Pivot Style="{StaticResource CustomPivotStyle}">
<Pivot.HeaderTemplate>
<DataTemplate/>
</Pivot.HeaderTemplate>
<Pivot.TitleTemplate>
<DataTemplate/>
</Pivot.TitleTemplate>
<PivotItem>
<TextBlock Text="text1" FontSize="100"/>
</PivotItem>
<PivotItem>
<TextBlock Text="text2" FontSize="100"/>
</PivotItem>
</Pivot>
that didnt work. Is there an alternative way off doing it or am I just doing it wrong?
Just setting the top margin to a negative value is not an option for me

Answer 1

[edit]: The tip fex gave me seems to also work using a flipview is possible too!
<FlipView>
<FlipViewItem>
<TextBlock Text="text1" FontSize="100"/>
</FlipViewItem>
<FlipViewItem>
<TextBlock Text="text2" FontSize="100"/>
</FlipViewItem>
</FlipView>
solved it with the link Romasz provided i set PivotPortraitThemePadding to 0 and then manipulated the margin of the item inside the pivotitem to make it sit flush with the top.
<Page.Resources>
<Thickness x:Key="PivotPortraitThemePadding">19,0,0,0</Thickness>
<Thickness x:Key="PivotLandscapeThemePadding">19,25,0,0</Thickness>
<Style x:Key="CustomPivotStyle" TargetType="Pivot">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Padding" Value="0"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{ThemeResource PhoneForegroundBrush}"/>
<Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent"/>
<Setter Property="ItemsPanel">
<Setter.Value>
<ItemsPanelTemplate>
<Grid/>
</ItemsPanelTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
<Setter Property="Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate TargetType="Pivot">
<Grid x:Name="RootElement" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalAlignment}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalAlignment}">
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<VisualStateGroup x:Name="Orientation">
<VisualState x:Name="Portrait">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin" Storyboard.TargetName="TitleContentControl">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource PivotPortraitThemePadding}"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
<VisualState x:Name="Landscape">
<Storyboard>
<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="Margin" Storyboard.TargetName="TitleContentControl">
<DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="{ThemeResource PivotLandscapeThemePadding}"/>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
</Storyboard>
</VisualState>
</VisualStateGroup>
</VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
<ContentControl x:Name="TitleContentControl" ContentTemplate="{TemplateBinding TitleTemplate}" Content="{TemplateBinding Title}" Style="{StaticResource PivotTitleContentControlStyle}"/>
<ScrollViewer x:Name="ScrollViewer" HorizontalSnapPointsAlignment="Center" HorizontalSnapPointsType="MandatorySingle" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Grid.Row="1" Template="{StaticResource ScrollViewerScrollBarlessTemplate}" VerticalSnapPointsType="None" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Disabled" VerticalScrollMode="Disabled" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch" ZoomMode="Disabled">
<PivotPanel x:Name="Panel" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
<PivotHeaderPanel x:Name="Header" Background="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}">
<PivotHeaderPanel.RenderTransform>
<CompositeTransform x:Name="HeaderTranslateTransform" TranslateX="0"/>
</PivotHeaderPanel.RenderTransform>
</PivotHeaderPanel>
<ItemsPresenter x:Name="PivotItemPresenter">
<ItemsPresenter.RenderTransform>
<TranslateTransform x:Name="ItemsPresenterTranslateTransform" X="0"/>
</ItemsPresenter.RenderTransform>
</ItemsPresenter>
</PivotPanel>
</ScrollViewer>
</Grid>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</Page.Resources>
<Pivot Style="{StaticResource CustomPivotStyle}">
<PivotItem>
<TextBlock Text="text1" FontSize="100" Foreground="White" Margin="0,-20,0,0"/>
</PivotItem>
<PivotItem>
<ScrollViewer>
<TextBlock Text="text2" FontSize="100" Margin="0,-20,0,0"/>
</ScrollViewer>
</PivotItem>
</Pivot>