From: Lyle Johnson <ljohnson@...>
Date: 2002-02-09T02:45:20+09:00
Subject: Re: 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?

I hope I'm not over-simplifying what you're asking for, but if you just want
a static message line along the bottom of the window, why not just use a
regular FXLabel? (By "static", I don't mean that you can never change the
text displayed on that label, I just mean that it's an explicit action on
your part, by calling FXLabel#setText). Instead of creating an FXStatusbar,
try replacing that line of your program with something like:

    @statusLabel = FXLabel.new(self, "Jos Backus", nil,
        JUSTIFY_LEFT|FRAME_SUNKEN|LAYOUT_SIDE_BOTTOM|LAYOUT_FILL_X)

and then when the program's running, you could change the status message
thusly:

    @statusLabel.setText("Hey Hey Hey!")

If you were looking for something different, please clue me in further;

Hope this helps,

Lyle