Bug 489995 - Make the status bar height configurable
Summary: Make the status bar height configurable
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 4.6   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-UI-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2016-03-19 07:40 EDT by Mark Nuyts CLA
Modified: 2017-04-28 05:37 EDT (History)
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Screenshot of reduced statusline (2.12 KB, image/png)
2016-06-06 08:45 EDT, Mark Nuyts CLA 		no flags Details
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Description Mark Nuyts CLA 2016-03-19 07:40:24 EDT 
It would be nice if the status bar height could be configured. Maybe by specifying a font size to be used?

Right now it takes rather a lot of screen space for info that one rarely looks at. IMO, half of the height it has now would suffice.
Comment 1 Patrik Suzzi CLA 2016-06-01 11:41:18 EDT 
Interesting idea, do you want to provide a patch ?

https://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform_UI/How_to_Contribute
Comment 2 Mark Nuyts CLA 2016-06-02 15:53:53 EDT 
I'll give it a try. Never done it before, so i'm not familiar with the codebase etc.
Could you point me to the correct (sub)module?
Comment 3 Mark Nuyts CLA 2016-06-06 08:45:59 EDT 
Created attachment 262257 [details]
Screenshot of reduced statusline

I suspect the rss news in the status bar (not moveable) fixes the height of the status bar.
Comment 4 Patrik Suzzi CLA 2016-07-04 17:22:36 EDT 
That's nice. Sorry for not getting back earlier. 

Would you like to contribute a Gerrit patch?

I see you already signed a CLA; so you just need to install a 64bit oomph, switch to advanced mode, and download an Eclipse IDE to develop against Platform UI, and Runtime.

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