Status Bar

The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the application window. It contains various actions, filters, and information.

Figure 431: Status Bar

Field	Description
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.
Show/Hide Grid	Specifies whether grid points display on the diagram. Even if this is set to off so grid points are not displayed, they still exist and objects that would otherwise snap to the grid continue to do so. You can toggle between On and Off by clicking the button.
Enable/Disable Object Snapping	Specifies, when adding or modifying a comment graphic, whether you can position it to automatically ‘Snap To’ alignment with another graphic on a diagram. You can toggle between On and Off by clicking the button.
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.
Automatically preserve wiring	Toggles the Preserve Wiring Mode off and on. If it is on, the icon displayed is: .
Toggle Splice Visibility	Indicates that the splices are not visible in the diagram and are not visible if you print or output to PDF/DXF/CGM. Click this to make them visible. Indicates that the splices on the currently active wiring are visible in the diagram. You can use style sets to determine how their appearance is styled. See Styling Objects in Diagrams. If you print to PDF, DXF SVG or CGM with the diagram open, the splices are printed exactly as seen on the diagram. If the diagram is closed when you print, the splices are not printed. Click this to hide them in the diagram.
Filtering Icon	Indicates whether any filtering is applied to the open diagram. You can click this icon to open the Design Filter dialog box that allows you to apply filtering. See Filtering the Objects Displayed in a Capital Systems Integrator or Capital Wiring Integrator Diagram in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide.
Selected Object Counter	Displays the number of objects (including text) that are selected on a diagram.
Cursor Co-ordinate Box	Displays the co-ordinates of the position of the mouse cursor in a diagram window.
No background tasks running () / Performing auto recovery backup ()	Indicates when the system is saving an auto recovery backup.
Username Icon	Position the mouse cursor over this icon to display the name of the active user and any assigned roles.
Active Language	Indicates which diagram translation language is active. Default is EN (English).

Note

You can hide the Status Bar by choosing the View menu option and unchecking the Status Bar box. To display the Status Bar again, choose the View menu option and check the Status Bar box.

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Application Interface Help

Capital Systems Integrator User Guide, 2512.2606

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