Use StatusBar : StatusBar « Windows Presentation Foundation « VB.Net Tutorial

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3. StatusBar

<Window x:Class="Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Use StatusBar" Height="125" Width="300">
    <Grid>
        <StatusBar Height="30" Name="StatusBar1" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
            <StatusBarItem>
                <Label Name="lblStatus" Content="Off" />
            </StatusBarItem>
            <Separator/>
            <Image Source="c:\image.bmp" Width="15" Height="15" />
            <Separator/>
            <StatusBarItem HorizontalAlignment="Right" >
                <Label Name="lblRunning" Content="Stopped" />
            </StatusBarItem>
        </StatusBar>
        <CheckBox Height="16" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" Name="chkOnOff" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="120" Content="Active" ToolTip="Click to activate">
            <CheckBox.Triggers>
                <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="CheckBox.Checked">
                    <EventTrigger.Actions>
                        <BeginStoryboard>
                            <Storyboard>
                                <StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetName="lblStatus"
Storyboard.TargetProperty="Content">
                                    <StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames.KeyFrames>
                                        <DiscreteStringKeyFrame Value="On" KeyTime="0:0:0" />
                                    </StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames.KeyFrames>
                                </StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                <StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames
                                    Storyboard.TargetName="lblRunning"
                                    Storyboard.TargetProperty="Content">
                                    <StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames.KeyFrames>
                                        <DiscreteStringKeyFrame Value="Running..." KeyTime="0:0:0" />
                                    </StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames.KeyFrames>
                                </StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                            </Storyboard>
                        </BeginStoryboard>
                    </EventTrigger.Actions>
                </EventTrigger>
                <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="CheckBox.Unchecked">
                    <EventTrigger.Actions>
                        <BeginStoryboard>
                            <Storyboard>
                                <StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames
                                    Storyboard.TargetName="lblStatus"
                                    Storyboard.TargetProperty="Content">
                                    <StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames.KeyFrames>
                                        <DiscreteStringKeyFrame Value="Off" KeyTime="0:0:0" />
                                    </StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames.KeyFrames>
                                </StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                                <StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames
                                    Storyboard.TargetName="lblRunning"
                                    Storyboard.TargetProperty="Content">
                                    <StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames.KeyFrames>
                                        <DiscreteStringKeyFrame Value="Stopped" KeyTime="0:0:0" />
                                    </StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames.KeyFrames>
                                </StringAnimationUsingKeyFrames>
                            </Storyboard>
                        </BeginStoryboard>
                    </EventTrigger.Actions>
                </EventTrigger>
            </CheckBox.Triggers>
        </CheckBox>
    </Grid>
</Window>

16.21.StatusBar
	16.21.1.	StatusBar and StatusBarItem
	16.21.2.	Use StatusBar
	16.21.3.	Add TextBlock to Statusbar
	16.21.4.	Items that can be placed in a StatusBar
	16.21.5.	Put Image with tooltip onto statusbar
	16.21.6.	Make Group onto Statusbar
	16.21.7.	Add Image to Statusbar