WPF StackPanel content vertical alignment - wpf

Question

Is there a way in XAML to say that I want to center-align vertically all components inside a horizontal-oriented StackPanel?
I achieve the desired result with the below XAML:
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
<TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<Button VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBox VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<Button VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
<TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</StackPanel>
But I need to repeat the VerticalAlignment="Center" for each control separately.
Is there a way to declare on the StackPanel level something like below?
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" VERTICALCONTENTALIGNMENT="Center">
<TextBlock/>
<Button/>
<TextBox/>
<Button/>
<TextBlock/>
</StackPanel>

Answer 1

Put the StackPanel inside a Grid and set VerticalAlignment="Center" on the StackPanel
<Grid>
<StackPanel VerticalAlignment="Center">
...
</StackPanel
</Grid>

Answer 2

You can define style for StackPanel with Trigger which sets VerticalAlignment of all children:
<Style x:Key="HorizontalStackPanel" TargetType="{x:Type StackPanel}">
<Setter Property="Orientation" Value="Horizontal" />
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="Orientation" Value="Horizontal">
<Setter Property="FrameworkElement.VerticalAlignment" Value="Center" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
And apply this style:
<StackPanel Style="{StaticResource HorizontalStackPanel}">
<TextBlock />
<Button />
<TextBox />
<Button />
<TextBlock />
</StackPanel>
It works for me.
The whole code:
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication11.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="HorizontalStackPanel" TargetType="{x:Type StackPanel}">
<Setter Property="Orientation" Value="Horizontal" />
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="Orientation" Value="Horizontal">
<Setter Property="FrameworkElement.VerticalAlignment" Value="Center" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
<StackPanel Style="{StaticResource HorizontalStackPanel}">
<TextBlock Text="One"/>
<Button Content="Two"/>
<TextBox Text="Three"/>
<Button Content="Four"/>
<TextBlock Text="Five"/>
</StackPanel>
</Grid>
</Window>

Answer 3

Define a style like this;
<Style x:Key="StackHorizontal" TargetType="StackPanel">
<Style.Resources>
<Style TargetType="TextBlock" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type TextBlock}}">
<Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Center" />
</Style>
<Style TargetType="Button" BasedOn="{StaticResource {x:Type Button}}">
<Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Center" />
</Style>
</Style.Resources>
</Style>

Answer 4

Just use this:
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<TextBlock/>
<Button/>
<TextBox/>
<Button/>
<TextBlock/>
</StackPanel>