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Function: createStatusBarItem()

createStatusBarItem(alignment?, priority?): StatusBarItem

Defined in: packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:2354

Creates a status bar StatusBarItem item.

Parameters​

alignment?​

StatusBarAlignment

The alignment of the item.

priority?​

number

The priority of the item. Higher values mean more to the left or more to the right.

Returns​

StatusBarItem

A new status bar item.

Example​

import * as api from '@podman-desktop/api';

export async function activate(extensionContext: api.ExtensionContext): Promise<void> {
  const statusBarItem = api.window.createStatusBarItem();
  statusBarItem.text = 'Information';
  statusBarItem.tooltip = 'A problem occurred';
  statusBarItem.command = 'extension-name.my-command';
  statusBarItem.iconClass = 'fa fa-exclamation-triangle';
  extensionContext.subscriptions.push(
    api.commands.registerCommand('extension-name.my-command', () => { console.log('command executed'); }),
    statusBarItem,
  );
  statusBarItem.show();
}