Shared Status Line

The shared message area can be used by all parts of theapplication towrite messages to this area.

Whole RCP application has access to theinformation in thesharedstatus line therefore the information inthe shared status line mightbeoverwritten.

The following write a text to the status line.

 

package de.vogella.rcp.intro.statusline;import org.eclipse.jface.action.IStatusLineManager;import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point;import org.eclipse.ui.application.ActionBarAdvisor;import org.eclipse.ui.application.IActionBarConfigurer;import org.eclipse.ui.application.IWorkbenchWindowConfigurer;import org.eclipse.ui.application.WorkbenchWindowAdvisor;public class ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor extends WorkbenchWindowAdvisor {    public ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor(IWorkbenchWindowConfigurer configurer) {        super(configurer);    }    public ActionBarAdvisor createActionBarAdvisor(IActionBarConfigurer configurer) {        return new ApplicationActionBarAdvisor(configurer);    }        @Override    public void preWindowOpen() {        IWorkbenchWindowConfigurer configurer = getWindowConfigurer();        configurer.setInitialSize(new Point(400, 300));        configurer.setShowCoolBar(false);        configurer.setShowStatusLine(false);        configurer.setTitle("Status Line Example");        configurer.setShowStatusLine(true);    }     // This is the new method@Overridepublic void postWindowOpen() {IStatusLineManager statusline = getWindowConfigurer().getActionBarConfigurer().getStatusLineManager();statusline.setMessage(null, "Status line is ready");}} 

Run your application. You should now see the following.

 

Add a view with the implementation class "de.vogella.rcp.intro.statusline.ViewPart1" to yourapplication and your perspective. Thisview contains a button to set the status line.

 

package de.vogella.rcp.intro.statusline;import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter;import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent;import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;import org.eclipse.ui.IActionBars;import org.eclipse.ui.part.ViewPart;public class ViewPart1 extends ViewPart {boolean pressed = false;@Overridepublic void createPartControl(Composite parent) {Button setStatusLine = new Button(parent, SWT.PUSH);setStatusLine.setText("Set Statusline ");setStatusLine.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {String message = "I would like to say hello to you.";if (pressed) {message = "Thank you for using me";}setStatusLine(message);pressed = !pressed;}});}private void setStatusLine(String message) {// Get the status line and set the textIActionBars bars = getViewSite().getActionBars();bars.getStatusLineManager().setMessage(message);}@Overridepublic void setFocus() {}} 

If you run it the result should look like the following.

 

From an editor you can access the status line via thefollowing:

 

IEditorPart.getEditorSite().getActionBars();