Question

If I have a ViewModel like so:

 public class ViewModel : IPropertyChangeBase, IViewModel
 {
 }

The “Title” property I set in the xaml of the view it’s bound to properly shows.

If I have the ViewModel inherit from Screen instead what shows up in the title is the complete type name of the ViewModel, like “MarksProject.ViewModels.ViewModel.” This shows up on the window’s title.

 //View Title property being overriden.
 public class ViewModel : Screen, IViewModel
 {
 }

Answer 1

Screen defines a property DisplayName that Caliburn.Micro uses to automatically populate headers. Just set that in the constructor like this:

public ViewModel() {
    this.DisplayName = "MyTitle";
}

And you’ll have your title back – and saved a Property in the process 😉