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Questions tagged [statusbar]

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How to show the current column in the statusbar in vim?

I would like to show the current column in the statusbar, as is common in many other text editors. E.g. it's good to know if you are around column 80 or above. How to show the current column in the statusbar?
Jonas
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Turn on the link hover statusbar in Google Chrome

I want to turn on the feature where whenever I hover over a hyperlink and in the bottom lefthand corner it shows a light blue hover tooltip about where that link goes. It looks like that since some days this earlier always-on feature is missing…
hakre
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Turn off the link hover statusbar in Google Chrome

I want to turn off the feature where whenever I hover over a hyperlink and in the bottom lefthand corner it shows a light blue hover tooltip about where that link goes. Why do I want to turn it off? It's annoying to me. I am distracted as I work.…
Volomike
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Status line in linux shell

I use Windows and Putty in order to remotely connect (ssh) to some linux servers. I have set my hardstatus in my .screenrc file so that I can monitor some useful information. But this works only when I'm in Screen. I would like to use the same thing…
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Status bar URLs are being clipped in Chrome

Same as this question, but regarding Chrome. When I mouse over a long URL, it puts ... at the end. I don't like that. Is there a way to disable it? An extension, a hidden about:config page, or a chrome.css file I can edit?
mpen
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Change Windows 7 Explorer's Details Pane limits

The status bar's functionality in Windows 7 (and maybe Vista, but I don't know for sure) is no longer showing me what it used to in previous Windows. I have tried all possible options such as Classic Shell and so on. Basically, the one thing I miss…
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Status bar for Firefox Quantum

1. Summary I use many addon buttons in Firefox. I don't find, how I can add additional bar for these buttons in Firefox Quantum. I need add new bar, not modify already existing Menu and Bookmarks bars. 2. Not helped In previous Firefox versions I…
Саша Черных
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How to see where a link REALLY points to in the status bar?

It used to be that people would say: "Check the status bar before you click on a link, it might not be going where you think it is." I've noticed that that doesn't help you anymore... many times on Facebook and other sites, I've noticed that the…
user541686
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firefox 5.0: status bar disappeared despite "status 4 evar" extension

My status bar disappeared somehow in the past few days. I have Status 4 Evar installed. I tried disabling all my add-ons except Status 4 Evar, and the status bar is still gone. Help! How can I fix this?
Jason S
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How to get back the classic statusbar in Firefox 4?

I recently installed Firefox 4b7, under Windows and 4b8 under Ubuntu at home. In both cases, I miss the status bar in the bottom of the window. Some of the add-ons that I use, such as XMarks, are using it to display some icons, as well as accessing…
jfmessier
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vim - What's the best way to set statusline color to change, based on mode

I've tried to improve my vim experience trying to have the vim statusline color to change everytime the mode changes. I've triend this: (found here) "Automatically change the statusline color depending on mode function! ChangeStatuslineColor() …
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Need a progress bar when doing a silent install in PowerShell

At my job, I do a lot of installing and reinstalling of the same software. I wrote a script in Powershell to silently install everything for me, which works great. However, because it's silent there is no feedback and anyone else who uses the…
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Can LibreOffice Writer display information about the current cursor position?

Preferably in the status bar and spelled out in some distance units, but I'd settle for anywhere really. I'm really surprised it doesn't show such crucial information as default. I want something like this from MS Word 2002:
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Accidentally closed my status bar in Firefox 5. How do I get it back?

I accidentally closed my status bar in Firefox 5. Can I get it back? How do I show my status bar again? I can't seem to find the option anywhere.
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Where is the statusbar in Firefox 4+? How do I get it back?

Since version 4.0b7pre, there is no more statusbar in Firefox, which has been replaced by the new add-ons bar. The main problem is that a lot of users like me are missing some valuable information that was displayed in the statusbar on previous…
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