gstatusbar {gWidgets} | R Documentation

## Constructor of status bar widget

### Description

A status bar widget is used to send message to the user. A familiar instance is the bottom area of a web browser.

### Usage

    gstatusbar(text = "", container = NULL, ..., toolkit = guiToolkit())

### Arguments

`text` | Initial text of status bar
`container` | Optional container to attach widget to. Should be `gwindow` object
`...` | Passed to `add` method of container
`toolkit` | Which GUI toolkit to use

### Details

The status bar simply shows a message in a label, typically at the bottom of a window. The `svalue` and `svalue<-` methods can be used to query or set the text. message onto the stack.

Statusbars should be added to the top-level gwindow instance.

### Examples

    ## Not run:
      w <- gwindow("status bar example")
      tbl <- list(quit=list(icon="quit",
        handler = function(...) dispose(w)))
      tb <- gtoolbar(tbl, container=w)
      sb <- gstatusbar("", container=w)
      txt <- gtext("type here", container=w)
      addHandlerChanged(txt, handler=function(h,...)
        svalue(sb) <- paste("You typed",svalue(txt),"in the  box",collapse=" "))

    ## End(Not run)

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