How to: Create a StatusBar
A StatusBar is a horizontal window at the bottom of a parent window in which an application can display various kinds of status information.
Example
The following example shows how to define a StatusBar by using Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) and how to add a ProgressBar by using code.
<StatusBar Name="sbar" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Background="Beige" >
<StatusBarItem>
<TextBlock>Ready</TextBlock>
</StatusBarItem>
<StatusBarItem>
<Separator Style="{StaticResource StatusBarSeparatorStyle}"/>
</StatusBarItem>
</StatusBar>
private void MakeProgressBar(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
sbar.Items.Clear();
TextBlock txtb = new TextBlock();
txtb.Text = "Progress of download.";
sbar.Items.Add(txtb);
ProgressBar progressbar = new ProgressBar();
Duration duration = new Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
DoubleAnimation doubleanimation =
new DoubleAnimation(100.0, duration);
progressbar.BeginAnimation(ProgressBar.ValueProperty,
doubleanimation);
ToolTip ttprogbar = new ToolTip();
ttprogbar.Content = "Shows the progress of a download.";
progressbar.ToolTip = (ttprogbar);
sbar.Items.Add(progressbar);
}
The following example shows how to add two Image controls that are separated by a Separator control.
Image helpImage = new Image();
helpImage.Width = 16;
helpImage.Height = 16;
BitmapImage bi = new BitmapImage();
bi.BeginInit();
bi.UriSource = new Uri(@"pack://application:,,,/images/help.bmp");
bi.EndInit();
helpImage.Source = bi;
ToolTip ttp = new ToolTip();
ttp.Content = "HELP";
helpImage.ToolTip = (ttp);
sbar.Items.Add(helpImage);
Separator sp = new Separator();
sp.Style = (Style)FindResource("StatusBarSeparatorStyle");
sbar.Items.Add(sp);
Image printImage = new Image();
printImage.Width = 16;
printImage.Height = 16;
BitmapImage bi_print = new BitmapImage();
bi_print.BeginInit();
bi_print.UriSource = new Uri(@"pack://application:,,,/images/print.bmp");
bi_print.EndInit();
printImage.Source = bi_print;
ToolTip ttp_print = new ToolTip();
ttp.Content = "Sent to printer.";
printImage.ToolTip = (ttp_print);
sbar.Items.Add(printImage);
For the complete sample, see StatusBar Sample.