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Is there a way to hide the quite large status bar cluttering the bottom of the eclipse window ? (where the heap status, line and column count and further non-essential info is shown).

I am forced to work on a tiny screen here so I already have the fullscreen plugin installed and hide the regular toolbar per default, but a few more pixels would definitely help ease the pain of a 4:3 19".

kostja
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    You call 19" tiny? I used to work on a 12" screen (notebook), and found it manageable (though a bit cramped). But appetite comes with eating, as they say... ;-) – sleske Apr 13 '11 at 08:04
  • @sleske Its mainly the resolution - on my notebook (@home) I've got used to 1920x1200 on 15,4". And yes you're right - It is still manageble, I guess I have had too much of [Jeffs bill of programmer rights](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/08/the-programmers-bill-of-rights.html) :) – kostja Apr 13 '11 at 08:39
  • You have your answer here : http://superuser.com/questions/108668/can-i-get-rid-of-the-status-bar-at-the-bottom-of-eclipse – GuruKulki Apr 13 '11 at 07:11
  • @sleske I doubt you enjoyed Eclipse status bar on that monitor either... – Audrius Meškauskas Dec 21 '15 at 12:07
  • @h22: No, I don't think I used Eclipse. [Vim](http://www.vim.org/) to the rescue - and in vim the status bar is configurable :-). – sleske Dec 21 '15 at 12:09

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I found another solution in my research of using the eclipse dark color theme: https://i.stack.imgur.com/3heiL.png

Solution requires to edit css of eclipse. Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17027501/2790481

  • If you've installed eclipse-color-theme plugin, you can just copy paste to Eclipse IDE -> Window -> Preferences -> Appearances -> Chrome Theme -> CSS:

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

  • If you use a custom theme then you'll have to edit that plugin's CSS. E.g. I had to edit this file eclipse\plugins\com.github.eclipseuitheme.themes.moonrise-ui_0.8.6.jar\themes\css\moonrise-ui-standalone.css and add the above CSS code at the end of moonrise-ui-standalone.css.
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You can do this by using quick access. type 'toggle visibility' should find the command that will hide the status bar at the bottom of the window.

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  • I think this is the best answer (at least for Neon 3) because there's no need to install anything nor mess around with CSS. Windows > Navigation > Quick Access Then search for 'Toggle Visibility' and click it. Done! – BringBackCommodore64 Jun 28 '17 at 11:18
  • In newer Eclipse versions, Windows > Navigation > Find Actions. – Rabih Kodeih Jan 18 '21 at 10:11
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With the coming release of Eclipse, you'll be able to hide the status bar via menu.

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

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