Teams Winter 2011/team1/RCP/Define and use JFace

1. Adding status line

1.1 Open ApplicationWorkbenchWindowAdvisor.java file in your project and add the following line at the end of preWindowOpen() method:

configurer.setShowStatusLine(true); 

1.2 Add a new method to this class to set text in status line from different parts of application:

  
   @Override
   public void postWindowOpen() {
      IStatusLineManager statusline = getWindowConfigurer().getActionBarConfigurer().getStatusLineManager();
      statusline.setMessage(null, "Status line is ready");
   }
 

1.3 Run the application you should see the following: 300px