Application Desktop Toolbars
Application desktop toolbars, also known as AppBars, are windows that can dock to one of the edges of your screen. You're already familiar with AppBars, even though you might not know it; the shell's taskbar, which you probably work with every day, is an example of an AppBar. As shown in Figure 16.4, the taskbar is really little more than an AppBar window containing a Start button, notification tray, and other controls.
Figure 16.4. The shell's taskbar.
Apart from docking to screen edges, AppBars can, optionally, employ taskbar-like features, such as auto-hide and drag-and-drop functionality. What you might find surprising, ...
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