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
`...` | Ignored
`toolkit` | Which GUI toolkit to use

### Details

The statusbar keeps a message stack. The `svalue` method pops the last message from the stack. The `svalue<-` method pushes a new message onto the stack.

### Examples

    ## Not run:
      group = ggroup(horizontal=FALSE, container=TRUE)
      add(group, obj <- gedit(), expand=TRUE)
      add(group, sb <- gstatusbar("Type in box"))
    addhandlerchanged(obj, handler=function(h,...) svalue(sb) <- "You typed
    in box")
    ## End(Not run)

[Package gWidgets version 0.0-25 Index]