Rearrange Status Bar to the Bottom Panel

[alefragnani]

Would be interesting to have the Status Bar shown in the bottom of Atom window, instead of the bottom of the Editors.

I posted this question in Atom Discussion https://discuss.atom.io/t/rearrange-status-bar-to-the-bottom-panel/18597/2 and @mnquintana asked me to add an issue to that.

Thanks

[stephanos]

I agree.

A layout like this

 _________________________________
| file  | text area              |
| tree  |                        |
|       |                        |
|       |                        |
|       |                        |
|--------------------------------|
| status bar and panels          |
|--------------------------------|

would provide much more space to important information in panels and the status bar. Currently the file tree takes up all that space which I find very wasteful.

[simurai]

There is now an issue about allowing top/bottom bars in general: atom/atom#8939

Once that is possible, it could be considered to change the status bar.

[simurai]

I tried out making the status-bar to take up full-width, like:

But somehow it feels wrong. I think the reason is because the status-bar changes based on the active editor and should somewhat stay connected to it. Full-width at the bottom it feels like it's something more global and less related to the active editor.

[jerone]

I disagree about that the status-bar should be connected (same width) to the editor. The status-bar can contain tiles that aren't necessary related to the editor. Besides, if I split the screen it doesn't split the status-bar too. Making the status-bar to the full width has my preference. 👍

[pradyunsg]

I agree with @jerone, I would expect the status-bar to be full-width.

And just in case, a configuration option won't hurt. 😉

[nixpulvis]

I was kinda expecting to see this land with the release of 1.6, is that still the plan?

[winstliu]

This was added in #133 and at the current pace of development will be available in Atom 1.8.0 (it just barely missed 1.7.0, sorry about that).

[nixpulvis]

It's OK, this gives me an excuse to learn how to override the built in packages.

[Alhadis]

But somehow it feels wrong. I think the reason is because the status-bar changes based on the active editor and should somewhat stay connected to it. Full-width at the bottom it feels like it's something more global and less related to the active editor.

100% agreed with this. I can see how many people would want the status-bar to be full-width, but it now feels more detached.

And just in case, a configuration option won't hurt.

Seems to be a forgotten art in this day and age...

Time for a PR I suppose.

[Alhadis]

Aaaand pull-request sent!

[chaneyzorn]

And just in case, a configuration option won't hurt.