what i am trying to do is create a Desktop application in WPF whose UI is such that a small icon will remain fixed in the center of the left edge of screen and on click(or maybe
Based on this answer and more answers on this site I made a side bar, I liked the result so i made a repo.
https://github.com/beto-rodriguez/MaterialMenu
you can install it from nuget too.
here is an example
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