The DisplayStatusBar property of the Application object in Excel is a key feature for controlling the visibility of the status bar at the bottom of the Excel application window. This status bar provides useful information such as the current mode (e.g., “Ready” or “Edit”), the sum or average of selected cells, and other contextual details. In xlwings, a powerful Python library for automating Excel, you can programmatically get or set the DisplayStatusBar property to show or hide the status bar, enhancing user experience or streamlining automated workflows. This is particularly useful when creating custom Excel applications or scripts where you want to control the Excel interface dynamically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In xlwings, the DisplayStatusBar property is accessed through the The syntax for using DisplayStatusBar in xlwings is simple. To get the current visibility, use Here are some practical xlwings code examples to illustrate the usage of DisplayStatusBar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This code snippet retrieves and prints whether the status bar is currently shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This example hides the status bar when launching Excel, which can be useful for a cleaner interface in automated reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This demonstrates how to toggle the status bar, which might be used in response to user actions or specific workflow steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The DisplayStatusBar property of the Application object in Excel is a key feature for controlling th…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xlwings-api-reference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3202,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions\/3202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}app<\/code> object, which represents the Excel application. The property is a boolean value: setting it to True<\/code> makes the status bar visible, while False<\/code> hides it. The syntax is straightforward, as xlwings mirrors the Excel object model closely. You can retrieve the current state or modify it as needed. Note that changes to this property affect the entire Excel application instance, so it will apply to all open workbooks under that instance. This property is read-write, allowing full control over its state.<\/p>\n\n\n\napp.display_status_bar<\/code>. To set it, assign a boolean value like app.display_status_bar = True<\/code> or app.display_status_bar = False<\/code>. There are no parameters for this property; it directly reflects or changes the status bar’s display state. In terms of Excel’s object model, this corresponds to the Application.DisplayStatusBar<\/code> property, which xlwings exposes in a Pythonic way. It’s important to ensure that the Excel application is properly connected via xlwings, typically by instantiating an App<\/code> object or using the active app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
import xlwings as xw\n# Connect to the active Excel instance\napp = xw.apps.active\n# Get the current display state\nis_visible = app.display_status_bar\nprint(f\"Status bar is visible: {is_visible}\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n\n
import xlwings as xw\n# Start a new Excel instance or connect to an existing one\napp = xw.App(visible=True) # Ensure Excel is visible\n# Hide the status bar\napp.display_status_bar = False\n# Perform some tasks, like opening a workbook\nwb = app.books.open('example.xlsx')\n# The status bar will remain hidden during operations<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n\n
import xlwings as xw\napp = xw.apps.active\n# Toggle the status bar: if visible, hide it; if hidden, show it\napp.display_status_bar = not app.display_status_bar\n# This can be integrated into a larger script to adjust the UI dynamically<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n\n
import xlwings as xw\napp = xw.App(visible=True)\noriginal_state = app.display_status_bar # Save the original state\napp.display_status_bar = False # Hide for automation\n# Execute data processing or other tasks\nwb = app.books.add()\nwb.sheets[0].range('A1').value = 'Data processed'\n# Restore the original state\napp.display_status_bar = original_state\napp.quit() # Close Excel<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n