Extend the IDE status bar

IDE extensions can extend IDE status bar by adding new panels to it. IDE has a predefined status bar with the identifier “statusbardefault”. The following example adds a new panel to the default IDE status bar.

<Resources>

<StatusbarPanel Id="testSBPane" ParentId="statusbardefault">

<Sizing>Fixed</Sizing>

<Width>150</Width>

</StatusbarPanel>

</Resources>

• StatusbarPanel tag is where new status bar panel definition should be provided. Id attribute is the unique identifier of the status bar panel. ParentId attribute is the ID of the parent status bar, which must be “statusbardefault”, for adding a panel to the IDE status bar.

• Sizing tag dictates status bar style. Valid values are Fixed, Contents and Spring. Fixed indicates fixed sized status bar panel and it considers Width tag value for its size in terms of pixels. Contents style indicates that the status bar panel acquires size as much as its contents. Spring style indicates it occupies rest of the area in the status bar. Contents and Spring styles ignore Width tag value.