[wxPython-users] Re: Status Bar Text

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, John Salerno wrote:

> Quick question: do you want 'Status:' to disappear when a new tip appears
> in the status bar, and only reappear afterwards, or do you want it to stay
> there and have the status text appear next to it, so it reads like
> 'Status: This is something.'?

John,

   Excellent question. I was thinking of the former, but ...

> In either case, do you have a reason for this? I think it would be
> distracting to have such generic text there all the time. It seems like
> the only real use of having something constantly there is to show the
> on-going status of the current document, etc. (such as INSERT mode for a
> text editor, for example).

   now that you point it out, there is no need for a label in that window at
all. It will either report menu tips, processing status, something else, or
nothing. Guess it really doesn't need a label at all.

Thanks,

Rich

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