From 7c27853f44a3d6dd3e09322b46e3318628ace594 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moncho <ramon.cr@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 08:39:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Stop the status bar when it does not have the focus

---
 app/loop.go  | 5 ++++-
 ui/status.go | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/loop.go b/app/loop.go
index 1aa0a6b9..51929908 100644
--- a/app/loop.go
+++ b/app/loop.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func RenderLoop(dry *Dry, screen *ui.Screen) {
 	defer close(viewClosed)
 	defer close(renderChan)
 
-	//rendes dry on message
+	//renders dry on message
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			_, stillOpen := <-renderChan
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ func RenderLoop(dry *Dry, screen *ui.Screen) {
 						statusBar.Render()
 					}
 					screen.Flush()
+				} else {
+					//stop the status bar until the focus is retrieved
+					statusBar.Stop()
 				}
 			} else {
 				return
diff --git a/ui/status.go b/ui/status.go
index a6da7945..a0e8b440 100644
--- a/ui/status.go
+++ b/ui/status.go
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ func NewStatusBar(screenPos int) *StatusBar {
 
 }
 
-func (s *StatusBar) stopTimer() {
+//Stop stops the status bar from showing any output, setting a new status
+//message will activate it again
+func (s *StatusBar) Stop() {
 	s.barMutex.Lock()
 	defer s.barMutex.Unlock()
 	if t := s.clearTimer; t != nil {
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ func (s *StatusBar) setClearTimer(t *time.Timer) {
 
 // StatusMessage sets a new status message for the given duration
 func (s *StatusBar) StatusMessage(msg string, clearDelay time.Duration) {
-	s.stopTimer()
+	s.Stop()
 	s.lastMessage = msg
 	//set a timer to clear the status
 	if clearDelay != 0 {