Status bar

Build 1501 on 14/Nov/2017  This topic last edited on: 25/Oct/2016, at 14:27

The status bar of the Pages main tab in Fred4 is context sensitive and displays various information. The status bar is not configurable (thus you cannot choose what to display and in which order). The fields width is proportionally scaled with the main window, so all of them are displayed even when the main window width is narrow. You cannot turn off the status bar.

The status bar changes when no page is loaded, while loading pages, when editing page, and when editing text on page.

When no page is loaded

The status bar is empty.

While loading page(s)

The left side of the status bar shows the progress bar and the information about what's being loaded.

When a page is loaded (not editing text)

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Description of fields

1.The current zoom level.

2.The X/Y co-ordinates of the pointer and/or of the shape being drawn and its W/H dimensions .

The X/Y value depends on the status of the snap to grid. If snap to grid is disabled it shows the real position, otherwise it shows the position of the closest guide/grid step. The co-ordinates are expressed in the personal measurement units, rounded to the closest integer. The reading also depends on the Snapping tolerance value (Edit > Preferences > Grid). If the value is 0, the horizontal position is read only when pointer touches a column guide; the vertical position is read only when pointer reaches a module guide). If the value is non zero, the readings depend on the zoom level - closest zoom gives more precision.

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While drawing a shape, the field displays the X, Y of the shape in the first parenthesis and W, H of the shape in the second parenthesis:

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When snap to grid is disabled:

The displayed values the position of cursor relative to the zero-point (origin of the page grid).

When snap to grid is enabled

The displayed values reflect the position of the closest guide or nudge.

Example 1: the position of first two vertical guides is 0 and 92pt, and the horizontal nudge is 0, then the horizontal position is shown as 0 until you reach the half of distance between the guides, and then it switches to 92pt.

Example 2: the position of first two horizontal guides (module guides) is 0 and 50 pts, and the vertical nudge is 10pt, then the values of vertical position while you move the pointer from the top margin down to the first module guide reads 0, 10, 20, 30, 40pt, and when the pointer reaches the first module guide, it turns to 50pt.
3. The current article or nothing (if there's no current article). It depends what is selected on the page.
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1.When no article or text is "current", the field is empty:
2.When you click an element of an article, the article becomes the "current article". The field displays following information: the folder of the article, its name, the type of the selected element, and the overset value expressed in lines. The value 0 means the content is fitting, a negative value means the content is too short, a positive value means it is too long.
3.When you click another element of the same article, the fourth field displays the same information about the article, but it may change the type and the overset value.
4.If you click the image caption in an article, its type (photoCaption) is displayed, and the name of the related image too (<florence2>).
5.If, after worked with one article, you insert another article on the page (but don't link any frame to it), the new inserted article becomes "current article". But, since you didn't change the selection yet, a text which was last selected in the previous article will become new "current" text. The example below shows such case: the article 'American Power Act' is inserted, so it's a new current article, while 'rolls of needy' is the last current text.

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4.The name of the format of the selected article element. Note: if you have the current article, but then you select the local frame, the field displays the format of the article element, and not of the local frame.

5.For the linked frames, the total height (TH) of all linked frames and the height (H) of the currently selected frame. Note: if you have the current article, but then you select the local frame, the field displays the data of the article elements, and not of the local frame.

6.The justification errors field: shows Errors on the red background if there are formatting/justification errors in any text on the current page - in that case, double-click it to read details in the errors palette. If there are no errors, shows OK.

7.The unsaved changes status: shows Modified, if there are unsaved changes on the current page. It is blank if all changes were saved.

8.The Read-only status: shows Read-only, if the page is opened for viewing only. It is blank id the status is Read-write.

9.The deadline field: shows the remaining time (HH:MM) till the next milestone (the name of the milestone is also shown, if specified) or till the last deadline of the active page. Double-click the box for a more detailed information: a message pops-up with the page deadline time, the time to next milestone and the time passed after previous milestone to the deadline. The value is shown on a red background, it the deadline is broken. The value +Days on the red background means that the deadline was broken more than one day ago.

10. The fixed string Fred.

When a page is loaded (editing text)

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During text editing, the status bar of the Pages main tab in Fred4 becomes as the status bar of the Articles main tab, and it contains:

1.Current cursor position (current row:current character).

2.GNML tags display status (Cmd On=displayed; Cmd Off=hidden).

3.Auto-justification status (Inter=active).

4.The folder of the article, its name, the type of the selected element, and the database id of the text element. When editing local text, the field shows /-id: xx where xx is the internal id.

5.Text depth on the position of cursor, expressed in the vertical measurement unit, selected in your personal text editing preferences.

6.Total depth of text, expressed in the vertical measurement unit, selected in your personal text editing preferences, or also in multiple of text default leading (default leading, specified in the format).

7.Overset value, in lines. The value 0 means the content is fitting, a negative value means the content is too short, a positive value means it is too long. If the value is not 0, the color is red. The counter is related to the leading of the current line, e.g. if your I-beam cursor is in a 9pt body line, the under/overset value is different than when the cursor is in a 12pt column head line.

8.Justification errors mark: OK if no errors, or a red Errors marker. Double click it to display the Justification error palette with a detailed description of justification errors.

9.Format of the current text. When editing a local text and there is a current article, the field shows the format of the local text.

10.Characters and words counter (depends on your personal text editing preferences).

11.Status of saved changes (Modified=there are unsaved changes; blank=no unsaved changes).

12.Deadline time marker. Double-click to display the dialog box. If article is not linked to any page, and the manual deadline is not set, the field shows --:--.

13.Fixed string Ted.

All status bars (by main tab)

Articles, Collections, Contacts, Pages, Planning, Publishing, Shell, Start, Tracking, Trash can

Configuring status bar

Status bar is not configurable.

 

Fixes in version 1.5

•The status bar area now handles multiple windows correctly and also no longer displays the recover document message when opening more than one windows.

•Article path was not correctly handled if the folder does not have permission. "Unknown folder" is shown instead of "null" when user has no read permission on the article folder.