OverrideDefaultStyle in WPF NavigationWindow?

Question

When creating a Navigation Application in WPF, How can I create a custom style and layout for the window? Is this possible? Say for instance, adding a panel along the side of the window with links to all the pages in the application. When I try add controls/content to the NavigationWindow, I get the following message:

"The type 'NavigationWindow' does not support direct content."

Thanks

Answer 1

To customize the host window in a navigation-style app, just make yourself a normal WPF application, with a normal Window, and drop a Frame control into that window. Set the Frame's Source to the page you want the app to start with and it'll behave just like your standard navigation app, except you'll have the ability to customize the window with other controls etc.