Guidelines:Status Bar

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Status Bar

Designing the Status Bar

Guidelines

Selecting the right information


Status bar layout


Providing contextual help



Rationale

Implementation Suggestions

Accessibility Notes


Providing Actions in the Status Bar

Guidelines

Modifying the status

  • If a status displayed in the status bar can be modified by the user, provide an option to directly change it here (e.g. changing the display unit from centimeter to inch).
  • Make sure that the option is also accessible via the menu (directly or in a dialog).
  • Do not duplicate the toolbar.
  • Instead, if the status option is given in a docker, it may be useful to also provide it in the status bar where it is shown permanently.(e.g. zoom in graphics applications).


Displaying information

  • e.g. blocked popups in web browser

Other actions

  • RSS


Rationale

Implementation Suggestions

Accessibility Notes

See Also

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