Read original post by Karl Ots at Fincooper
Currently (as of Release Preview) there is no out-of-the-box solution or SDK-provided control for creating the header menu in a Windows 8 Metro app. In this post I’ll demonstrate a quick and easy way to build one.
Header menu is an essential part of all Metro-style apps that use hierarchical navigation pattern, e.g. apps that separate their content into Hub, Section and Details pages. Most of the apps use hierarchical navigation pattern.