Description Peter Severin 2004-08-25 04:06:43 EDT

GEF tools (and drag trackers ?) should be able to publish some information that
could be shown in the status bar. This is a common feature for graphical tools.
The the information that could be shown includes:
1. An intuitive icon 
2. Some description (perhaps optional)
3. Mouse coordonates
4. Other state information such as selection bounds

Example:
Selection tool: selection tool icon, Select, the current mouse position
Marquee took: marquee icon, Marquee, the bounds of the current selection

Generally the format of the published information should be customizable with
GEF providing some sensible defaults. Perhaps tools like Visio should be checked
out for ideas on this feature.