The Status Bar
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## The Status Bar

The status bar at the bottom of the view consists of the following components, from left to right:

- The line number containing the caret

- The column position of the caret, with the leftmost column being 1.

  If the line contains tabs, the file position (where a hard tab is counted as one column) is shown first, followed by the screen position (where each tab counts for the number of columns until the next tab stop).

  Double-clicking on the caret location indicator displays the Edit>Go to Line dialog box; see the section called “Working With Lines”.

- A message area where various prompts and status messages are shown.

- The current buffer's edit mode, fold mode, and character encoding. Double-clicking one of these displays the Utilities>Buffer Options dialog box. For more information about these settings, see:

  - the section called “The Buffer Options Dialog Box”

  - the section called “Edit Modes”

  - the section called “Folding”

  - the section called “Character Encodings”

- A set of flags which indicate various editor features and settings. Clicking each flag will toggle the feature in question; hovering the mouse over a flag will show a tool tip with an explanation:

  - Word wrap - see the section called “Wrapping Long Lines”.

  - Multiple selection - see the section called “Multiple Selection”.

  - Rectangular selection - see the section called “Rectangular Selection”.

  - Overwrite mode - see the section called “Inserting and Deleting Text”.

  - Line separator - see the section called “Line Separators”.

- A Java heap memory usage indicator, that shows used and total heap memory, in megabytes. Double-clicking this indicator opens the Utilities>Troubleshooting>Memory Status dialog box.

The visibility of each of the above items can be controlled in the Status Bar pane of the Utilities>Global Options dialog box; see the section called “The Status Bar Pane”.

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