The Status Bar, located along the bottom of the application, contains useful information about the current file, and the current status of the editor. The Status Bar is divided up into a number of panels as listed below:

• Message Area (1) - Displays information about the last completed operation. When an important message such as an error or warning is displayed in this field, the message will be displayed with a blue background.

• File Position / Selection Start (2) - When no bytes are selected, this panel shows the current address of the cursor in the file. When bytes are selected, this panel displays 'Start:' followed by the starting address of the selection. The address can be displayed in hex format, decimal format, octal format, or both hex and decimal. The address format is controlled from the 'View > Status Bar > File Position' menu option, or from the popup menu accessed by right-clicking the Status Bar. Left-click on this panel to bring up the Goto dialog.

• Current Byte / Selection Size (3) - When no bytes are selected, this panel displays the current value of the byte the cursor is over. The value of the byte is displayed in hex, decimal, and binary formats. The byte value is displayed as an Unsigned Byte but to convert to other formats see the Inspector. When bytes are selected in the file, this panel displays 'Sel:' followed by the size of the current selection. The display format used for the selection size can be controlled using the 'View > Status Bar > Selection Size' menu option, or by right-clicking on the Status Bar.

• File Size (4) - Shows the size in bytes of the file being edited. The size format can be displayed in hex format, decimal format, octal format, or both hex and decimal. To control the displayed numeric format, see the 'View > Status Bar > File Size' menu option, or the popup menu accessed by right-clicking the Status Bar. Note that a '*' will appear beside the file size if the size has been changed since the file was opened. Left-click on this panel to open the Set File Size dialog.

• Endian (5) - Indicates which endian is used to interpret the current file. LIT means little endian (e.g. Intel machines) and BIG means big endian (e.g. Motorola machines). See Introduction to Byte Ordering for more information.

• Clipboard (6) - A total of 10 clipboards are available for copying and pasting data. This field indicates which clipboard is currently selected. A 'W' means the default windows clipboard is active and the numbers '1' through '9' indicate that a user clipboard is active. See Using the Clipboard for more information.

• Insert Mode (7) - Displays whether the editor is in Insert (INS), or Overwrite (OVR) mode. Press the Ins key to toggle between the two states. This mode is used when editing data in the editor, or when pasting data from the clipboard (see Using the Hex Editor and Using the Clipboard for more information). The cursor in the Hex Editor Window will display as a thick line when in Overwrite mode, or a thin line when in Insert mode.

For long operations, a progress bar will usually be displayed in the Status Bar. In most cases, pressing the Esc key will cancel the operation.