Status bar

A status bar is a graphical control element which poses an information area typically found at the window's bottom.

Its job is primarily to display information about the current state of its window, although some status bars have extra functionality.

For example, many web browsers have clickable sections that pop up a display of security or privacy information.

Sometimes, a video game places the player's vital information or Heads-up display (such as hit points, lives, and score) on a similar strip across the top or bottom of the screen; this is also referred to as a status bar.

Status bars, and status lines before them, have been used for years[2] to display advisory messages in a predefined area, predating dialog boxes which can block the view of related information behind the pop-up messages.