If this is an upper AppBar, which is typically used for navigation, you can actually provide a custom UI by specifying the "layout" property in data-win-options, with the value "custom", as discussed here.
You may also want to read up on styling app bars.
Last, but not least, check out the HTML AppBar control sample, which illustrates the use of custom layout, among other things.
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