From: Jos Backus <josb@...>
Date: 2002-02-08T10:34:04+09:00
Subject: FXRuby: how to create a static status line?

I'm trying to create a status line at the bottom of the application window
that retains its last message. It looks like one needs to use FXStatusline,
except that it doesn't work. I can only get something to work if I create a
FXStatusbar first and then make FXStatusline its child, like this:

    # Status bar
    @statusbar = FXStatusbar.new(self, LAYOUT_SIDE_BOTTOM|LAYOUT_FILL_X)
    @statusline = FXStatusline.new(@statusbar, nil)

This however gives me two equal-sized status areas, one of which shows
``Ready.'' (and the occasional help text when hovering over a button), the
other shows my status line. But I'd like to not have the first statusbar.
Changing the second line to 

    @statusline = FXStatusline.new(self, nil)

yields an interesting but useless result. Is there a way to make the statusbar
container itself empty, sort of like a layout manager?

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