The status bar at the bottom of the View consists of the following components, from left to right:
The line number containing the caret
The column position of the caret, with the leftmost column being 1.
If the line contains tabs, the file position (where a hard tab is counted as one column) is shown first, followed by the screen position (where each tab counts for the number of columns until the next tab stop).
Double-clicking on the caret location indicator displays the > dialog box; see the section called “Working With Lines”.
A message area where various prompts and status messages are shown.
The current buffer's edit mode, fold mode, and character encoding. Double-clicking one of these displays the > dialog box. For more information about these settings, see:
A set of flags which indicate various editor features and settings. Clicking each flag will toggle the feature in question; hovering the mouse over a flag will show a tool tip with an explanation:
Word wrap - see the section called “Wrapping Long Lines”.
Multiple selection - see the section called “Multiple Selection”.
Rectangular selection - see the section called “Rectangular Selection”.
Overwrite mode - see the section called “Inserting and Deleting Text”.
Line separator - see the section called “Line Separators”.
Buffer Set Scope - see the section called “Buffer Sets”.
A Java heap memory usage indicator, that shows used and total heap memory, in megabytes. Double-clicking this indicator opens the >> dialog box.
The visibility of each of the above items can be controlled in the pane of the > dialog box; see the section called “The Status Bar Pane”.