Feature: Added an option to hide the status bar

[xwnb]

Resolved / Related Issues

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• Closes Feature: Option to hide the bottom status bar #17208
• Add a option in Appearance page named "Show status bar at the botton"
• Need a new icon for such options

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Behaviors:

Screen.Recording.2025-06-25.215007.mp4

[xwnb]

Two tasks need owner helps:

1. Need a new icon for such option
2. The string resources are automatically generated by Resx manager of VS which causes many differences. Is there a way to clean them up?

[yaira2]

The string resources are automatically generated by Resx manager of VS which causes many differences. Is there a way to clean them up?

I usually edit the en-us file manually which avoids this issue, but with Resx manager, you can revert the changes to the files before pushing the commit.

[xwnb]

The string resources are automatically generated by Resx manager of VS which causes many differences. Is there a way to clean them up?

I usually edit the en-us file manually which avoids this issue, but with Resx manager, you can revert the changes to the files before pushing the commit.

Yes, I only edited the en-us actually, but the resx mgr formated and updated others. So annoyed.

[0x5bfa]

Don't use Resource Manager, our resource files aren't optimized for it, please edit the en-US/Resources.resx in Notepad (they are optimized for Crowdin, a community translation SaaS). You can revert other files changed from the main branch, or reset the commit to revert locally on the PR branch in GitHub Desktop.

[xwnb]

Don't use Resource Manager, our resource files aren't optimized for it, please edit the en-US/Resources.resx in Notepad (they are optimized for Crowdin, a community translation SaaS). You can revert other files changed from the main branch, or reset the commit to revert locally on the PR branch in GitHub Desktop.

Then how to update other language resource files?

[0x5bfa]

Then how to update other language resource files?

Add a new data element like this. This is what I do.
Anyway, you did it well.

[files-community-bot]

✅ Successfully formatted XAML files.

[mdtauk]

Are we implementing this without any of the additional work to handle Git repo folders? @yaira2

[yaira2]

Reposting from #17208

@xwnb the implementation in your PR is exactly how this would be done if we decide to move forward with this option. That said, we haven't made a final decision about this feature. We are pretty selective about adding new settings, and would like to see more interest before making a decision 🙂

[yaira2]

LGTM

[yaira2]

@xwnb thank you for your PR. We're ready to move forward with this feature and will include it in the next release.