WPF application that claims desktop real estate similar to windows taskbar

Question

I\'m building a WPF application that is designed to act as a notification toolbar for sending messages to users of an enterprise software platform. It\'s a bar that is a spe

Answer 1

These are called AppBars in Windows and you can use the SHAppBarMessage function to "dock" your window to a side of a monitor. Then other windows, when maximized, will not obscure the docked window.

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