Hide status bar or progress bar in Eclipse

Question

How can I hide the status bar in Eclipse? I mean the one at the bottom, where also the "Progress" status is shown. It is very distracting because it is doing something all the time.

I took a look at this question, but the answer given there and on Superuser does not show how to hide it. I also did not find anything in the preferences. I am using Eclipse 3.7.2.

How can I hide the status bar, or at least, get rid of the "Progress" bar at the bottom?

Answer 1

With CSS in Eclipse Juno there are endless possibilities to style Eclipse the way you like: edit the eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.2.2.v201302041200/css/e4_default_mac.css (adapt it to your Eclipse version and operating system).

There, add the following lines:

#org-eclipse-ui-trim-status,
#org-eclipse-ui-trim-vertical1,
#org-eclipse-ui-trim-vertical2 {
   visibility: hidden;
}

Now, not only the status bar but also the bars on the left and right are hidden. Before doing that, you might open the views you like to have and bring them to your preferred positions and assign a shortcut to them so that they will pop up whenever (and only when) you need them. Of course, you can undo that change any time.

Answer 2

Eclipse Oxygen (4.7)

Approach 1

1. Go to Quick Access (or press Ctrl + 3)

   

2. Type "status bar"

3. Choose Toggle Statusbar - Toggle the visibility of the bottom status bar

Approach 2

1. Window > Appearance > Hide Status Bar

   

   This feature is described here.

Answer 3

With the new release of Eclipse, you can use the menu to hide the status bar.

see: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=501811