JAL-3132 set status message when over sequence id or annotation label

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / gui / AlignFrame.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java b/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java
index 94b38ed..5fa4652 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/AlignFrame.java
@@ -963,6 +963,11 @@ public class AlignFrame extends GAlignFrame implements DropTargetListener,
     return progressBar.operationInProgress();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Sets the text of the status bar. Note that setting a null or empty value
+   * will cause the status bar to be hidden, with possibly undesirable flicker
+   * of the screen layout.
+   */
   @Override
   public void setStatus(String text)
   {