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Status Bar

The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the Application Window, and contains various items.

Progress Bar () Indicates when a task is running in the background. This displays only in a Windows environment. It displays for most actions but there are some scenarios where it may not display. ().
Auto Route: ON/OFF Indicator — Indicates whether Auto Routing is activated or deactivated. See Auto Routing of Conductors.
Enable/disable crosshairs Changes the mouse cursor to and from crosshair mode. See Changing the Cursor to Crosshair Mode in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide.
Design Rule Checks Toggle (Start Background Run / Stop Background Run) Indicates whether design rule checks are running in the background. Click the toggle button (play icon) to start the checks running in the background.

When running, the toggle button changes to a square (stop icon) that you can click to stop the checks running:

The symbol next to the toggle button (start / stop icon) indicates whether the checks have currently found failures or not.

Filtering Icon — Indicates whether any filtering is applied to the open diagram. You can click this icon to open the Plane Filter dialog that allows you to apply filtering. See Filtering the Objects appearing in a Diagram.
Selected object counter — Displays the number of objects (including text) that are selected on a diagram. Figure 72: Object Counter
Cursor co-ordinate box — Displays the co-ordinates of the mouse cursor position in a Diagram Window. Figure 73: Cursor co-ordinate box
No background tasks running () / Performing auto recovery backup () Indicates when the system is saving an auto recovery backup.
Active Language — Indicates which diagram translation language is active. By default, this is EN. Note You can hide the Status Bar by selecting the View menu option and unchecking the Status Bar box. To display the Status Bar again, select the View menu option and check the Status Bar box.

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Capital E/E Publisher User Guide, 2512.2606