Status Bar

The status bar displays on all screens and gives information about the selected calculator mode settings, any context help available for the item you currently have selected, and battery status.

The status bar may also show a busy indicator if the calculator is performing an operation, Ø to indicate the calculator is in alpha status, and Þ to indicate the secondary function is active.

Selected mode settings are displayed on the top line of the status bar when the cursor is in the active entry area. Mode settings do not display when the cursor is in the home screen history, since the mode may have been different for previous calculations.

Tip:

Context help, if available, is displayed on the second line. The battery status icon, busy indicator, alpha indicator, and second key indicator are on the right. When you scroll into the home screen history, the context help on the status bar displays HISTORY. In the example below, the cursor is on the GridColor option. The context help for how to change the GridColor using the spinner menu is displayed on the second line of the status bar.

Selected MODE settings.

Context help for current cursor position or active feature.

Battery icon. This area of the status bar also displays the busy indicator, alpha indicator, and second key indicator, depending on the state of the graphing calculator.