status bar goes blank if text field is too long

[TomServo3000]

Issue Type: Bug

If an extension puts text in a status bar field that is too long, the entire status bar goes blank. Ideally, the text should either be truncated or there should be some way to communcate to the extension the size of the field so that it can decide what to do with the text.

Related issue for git-blame extension:

Sertion/vscode-gitblame#60

VS Code version: Code 1.37.0 (036a6b1, 2019-08-08T01:22:37.660Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 19.0.0

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (8 x 2800)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on native_gpu_memory_buffers: enabled oop_rasterization: disabled_off protected_video_decode: unavailable_off rasterization: enabled skia_deferred_display_list: disabled_off skia_renderer: disabled_off surface_synchronization: enabled_on video_decode: enabled viz_display_compositor: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	4, 4, 4
Memory (System)	16.00GB (0.09GB free)
Process Argv	-psn_0_225335
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (13)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
arm	dan	0.5.0
gitlens	eam	9.9.3
vscode-sshfs	Kel	1.16.3
python	ms-	2019.8.30787
remote-containers	ms-	0.67.3
remote-ssh	ms-	0.45.5
remote-ssh-edit	ms-	0.45.5
remote-ssh-explorer	ms-	0.45.5
remote-wsl	ms-	0.39.2
vscode-remote-extensionpack	ms-	0.16.0
cpptools	ms-	0.24.1
tcl	sle	0.2.0
gitblame	wad	3.0.1

[bpasero]

Yeah, we have no good overflow solution.

/duplicate #6651

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