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Ah the beloved status bar. What would you do without it? You would never know which column your cursor is on, your tools would be all over the place.

Well we had the exact same thoughts (didn’t see that coming did you?). Today we are happy to announce the new Cloud9 status bar!

Let’s have a look at the details.

We’ve taken a slightly untraditional – but sexier – approach by tucking it at the bottom right corner of the editor. The background is transparent initially but quickly fades in on hover. Expand the bar to show buttons for quick access to editor tools and preferences.

In Vim mode it will display when you’re in INS mode. It will also show how many characters you’ve selected.

This is another step in a series of IDE upgrades with the aim of simplifying the experience and giving you relevant information.

As always let us know what you think! Cheers and happy coding!

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1. The Changelog: Week of 20 Feb 2012 | Cloud9 IDE – Your code anywhere, anytime says:

   February 25, 2012 at 1:30 am

   [...] Status bar: giving your faster access to common actions (like code beautification) and preferences, find it in the editor — bottom-right. [...]