# Ribbon Status Bar | WPF Controls | DevExpress Documentation

## Ribbon Status Bar

A **Ribbon Status Bar** is typically displayed at the bottom of a window. It is used to display various kinds of status information, providing helpful feedback to end-users.
All the items displayed within the Ribbon Status Bar are represented by specific [bar items](/WPF/7983/controls-and-libraries/ribbon-bars-and-menu/ribbon/populating-ribbon) or links that refer to bar items positioned in other places.

![CD_RibbonControl1](/WPF/images/cd_ribboncontrol111748.png)

The **Ribbon Status Bar** is represented by the [RibbonStatusBarControl](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.RibbonStatusBarControl) class.

Compared to a regular status bar, the RibbonStatusBarControl has the following features.

- It’s painted differently to concur with the [RibbonControl](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.RibbonControl)‘s look and feel.
- It contains separate left and right regions. Adding bar items to the [RibbonStatusBarControl.LeftItems](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.RibbonStatusBarControl.LeftItems) and [RibbonStatusBarControl.RightItems](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.RibbonStatusBarControl.RightItems) collections anchors them to the left and right edges of the bar, respectively. When reducing the width of the window, the items in the left region are hidden first.
- It provides a size grip (see [RibbonStatusBarControl.IsSizeGripVisible](/WPF/DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.RibbonStatusBarControl.IsSizeGripVisible)) for resizing the current window.

## Examples

- [How to define a RibbonStatusBar](/WPF/8181/controls-and-libraries/ribbon-bars-and-menu/ribbon/examples/how-to-define-a-ribbonstatusbar)