One of the most used menu navigational patterns right now is the hamburger icon / slide in menu.

The pattern is nothing something I'm particular fond of. Mainly because the icon doesn't look good, the icon takes up space and it's highly overused.

I've always felt the same way about the appbar. It doesn't look good but it's effective.

I've thought for some days how the concept two concepts could be merged together effectively and while having the full benefits of making it look good and maintaining the vertical scroll functionality.

The solution is a two sided hidden menu wrapped in a easy to use control.

I present to you: SlideInMenuContentControl.

It contains one menu for navigation and one for context.



The control is free to use and available for download.



