The Status Bar displays context sensitive information and status for the active document.  It is divided into seven panes (from left to right):

  1. Status Information

  2. Cursor Location

  3. Caret Location

  4. File Size or Selection Length

  5. Insert/Overwrite Mode (OVR)

  6. Document Modification Status (MOD)

  7. Read-Only/Write Status (READ)

Status Information

The first status bar pane displays information for the current operation (or menu item). This area also display feedback to the user during editing and in some cases displays a progress bar for length operations.

Cursor Location

The second status bar pane displays the current mouse location in either hex or decimal depending on the hex/decimal environment setting.  The mouse location is where the user's mouse cursor is located and updated on mouse movement.

The hex/decimal setting can be changed using the Environment Toolbar, by selecting "File Offset" from the "Options" menu, or by right-clicking on the address area within the editor.

Double-clicking the cursor location places the address on the clipboard.

Caret Location

The third status bar pane displays the current caret location in either hex or decimal depending on the hex/decimal environment setting.  The caret location is where the edit cursor is located within the active document and is updated when the user clicks within the hex or text areas within the editor, uses the keyboard arrow keys to move the caret, or performs and operation that changes the caret location.

The hex/decimal setting can be changed using the Environment Toolbar, by selecting "File Offset" from the "Options" menu, or by right-clicking on the address area within the editor.

Double-clicking the caret location places the address on the clipboard.

File Size or Selection Length

The forth status bar pane contains either the file size in decimal or the current selection size in hex or decimal.  If the user is editing a drive or disk, the file size is replaced with the sector size.

The hex/decimal setting can be changed using the Environment Toolbar, by selecting "File Offset" from the "Options" menu, or by right-clicking on the address area within the editor.

Double-clicking the file size or selection length places the address or length on the clipboard.

Insert/Overwrite Mode (OVR)

The fifth status bar pane indicates whether the user is entering data in Insert or Overwrite mode.  Black text indicates enabled and grey text indicates disabled.

Double-clicking on the OVR toggles the input mode between Insert and Overwrite.  Users can also press the Insert key to toggle modes.

Document Modification Status (MOD)

The sixth status bar pane indicates whether the current document has been modified and not yet saved.    Black text indicates enabled (modified document) and grey text indicates disabled (not modifications)

Read-Only/Write Status (READ)

The seventh status bar pane indicates whether the current document is read-only or editable.  Black text indicates enabled and grey text indicates disabled.  Document can be opened read-only or the user may not have write permissions for the file.  Black text indicates enabled (Read-Only) and grey text indicates disabled (Editable).

If a file is opened using Direct File Editing (See Advanced Configuration Preferences), a "DIR" is displayed to indicate Direct File Editing Mode.