I have added a status bar area for Plugins (those on Tabs/Notebooks), for example on Text Editor.
Unfortunately, it is only looking as expected on Linux. If we have a dark background and a light foreground, it works as expected on Linux, but on Windows the foreground is always black.
I asked for comments on this, in the wxPython forum, and this is the link, because you can see there my recordings of RIDE in Windows, Linux and Mac.
If you have ideas on what to show on status bar, please comment here.
The status bar is divided in two areas, the left shows the description of menu items, and the right is the one that will be specific for the Plugins.
- Text Editor - shows during some seconds, the file path for the selected item in the Tree/Project Explorer
- Text Editor - will have typical editor indicators, for example: Insert/Overwrite, cursor position, …
- Grid Editor - breadcrumb for the selected item under edition (test suite, test case, keyword)
- Test Runner - current executing step (the same as in progress bar).
If possible, some action item to customize what to show in status bar (requires research on wxPython).