diff --git a/src/blackgui/qss/mainwindow.qss b/src/blackgui/qss/mainwindow.qss
index f097d391c..6c6c238d5 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/qss/mainwindow.qss
+++ b/src/blackgui/qss/mainwindow.qss
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ QAbstractScrollArea #pg_StatusPageConsole { background-color: black; }
     min-height:20px;
 }
 
+#wi_MainKeypadArea QPushButton::checked {
+    /** background-image: url(:/textures/icons/textures/texture-inner.jpg); **/
+    /** need to fix pressed button first **/
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-color: yellow;
+        font: bold;
+        color: yellow;
+}
+
 /** cockpit needs to come after sw_MainMiddle **/
 #comp_CockpitComComponent QPushButton {
     background-color: transparent;
@@ -395,14 +404,13 @@ QSlider::handle:horizontal {
 }
 
 QSizeGrip {
-    image: url(:/diagona/icons/diagona/icons/arrow-resize-135.png);
+    image: url(:/diagona/icons/diagona/icons/arrow-in-out.png);
     width: 16px;
     height: 16px;
 }
 
 QStatusBar {
-    background-image: url(:/textures/icons/textures/texture-outer.jpg);
-    background-color: darkslategray;
+    background: transparent;
 }
 
 QStatusBar::item {
diff --git a/src/blackgui/showhidebar.ui b/src/blackgui/showhidebar.ui
index c7fa76490..95283d7e0 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/showhidebar.ui
+++ b/src/blackgui/showhidebar.ui
@@ -7,15 +7,27 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>56</width>
-    <height>12</height>
+    <height>25</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
-   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
    </sizepolicy>
   </property>
+  <property name="minimumSize">
+   <size>
+    <width>0</width>
+    <height>25</height>
+   </size>
+  </property>
+  <property name="maximumSize">
+   <size>
+    <width>16777215</width>
+    <height>25</height>
+   </size>
+  </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>show / hide</string>
   </property>
diff --git a/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow.cpp b/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow.cpp
index 05608b468..eca1329ff 100644
--- a/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -223,16 +223,12 @@ bool MainWindow::isContextAudioAvailableCheck()
  */
 void MainWindow::ps_displayStatusMessageInGui(const CStatusMessage &statusMessage)
 {
+    if (!this->m_init) return;
     if (statusMessage.isRedundant()) return;
-
     if (statusMessage.wasHandledBy(this)) return;
     statusMessage.markAsHandledBy(this);
-
-    if (!this->m_init) return;
-    this->ui->sb_MainStatusBar->show();
-    this->m_timerStatusBar->start(3000);
-    this->m_statusBarIcon->setPixmap(statusMessage.toPixmap());
-    this->m_statusBarLabel->setText(statusMessage.getMessage());
+    this->m_statusBar.displayStatusMessage(statusMessage);
+    this->ui->comp_MainInfoArea->displayStatusMessage(statusMessage);
 
     // list
     this->ui->comp_MainInfoArea->getLogComponent()->appendStatusMessageToList(statusMessage);
@@ -327,7 +323,6 @@ void MainWindow::updateGuiStatusInformation()
     // update status fields
     QString s = QString("network: %1").arg(network);
     this->ui->comp_InfoBarStatus->setDBusTooltip(s);
-
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow.h b/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow.h
index 763b1ca90..9362fb845 100644
--- a/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow.h
+++ b/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "blackgui/models/userlistmodel.h"
 #include "blackgui/models/statusmessagelistmodel.h"
 #include "blackgui/models/keyboardkeylistmodel.h"
+#include "blackgui/managedstatusbar.h"
 #include "blackmisc/nwtextmessage.h"
 #include "blackmisc/loghandler.h"
 #include "blacksound/soundgenerator.h"
@@ -81,20 +82,19 @@ protected:
 
 private:
     QScopedPointer<Ui::MainWindow> ui;
-    BlackGui::Components::CInfoWindowComponent *m_compInfoWindow = nullptr; //!< the info window (popup
     bool m_init = false;
-    GuiModes::WindowMode m_windowMode = GuiModes::WindowNormal;
-    BlackInput::IKeyboard *m_keyboard = nullptr; //!< hotkeys
-
-    BlackMisc::CLogSubscriber m_logSubscriber { this, &MainWindow::ps_displayStatusMessageInGui };
+    BlackGui::Components::CInfoWindowComponent *m_compInfoWindow = nullptr; //!< the info window (popup
+    BlackGui::CManagedStatusBar m_statusBar;
+    GuiModes::WindowMode        m_windowMode = GuiModes::WindowNormal;
+    BlackInput::IKeyboard      *m_keyboard = nullptr; //!< hotkeys
+    BlackMisc::CLogSubscriber   m_logSubscriber { this, &MainWindow::ps_displayStatusMessageInGui };
 
     // contexts
     bool m_coreAvailable           = false;
     bool m_contextNetworkAvailable = false;
     bool m_contextAudioAvailable   = false;
-    BlackMisc::Aviation::CAircraft m_ownAircraft; //!< own aircraft's state
     QTimer *m_timerContextWatchdog = nullptr;     //!< core available?
-    QTimer *m_timerStatusBar       = nullptr;     //!< cleaning up status bar
+    BlackMisc::Aviation::CAircraft m_ownAircraft; //!< own aircraft's state
 
     // frameless window
     QPoint m_dragPosition; /*!< position, if moving is handled with frameless window */
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ private:
     QString m_transponderResetValue;         //!< Temp. storage of XPdr mode to reset, req. until timer allows singleShoot with Lambdas
     QWidget *m_inputFocusedWidget = nullptr; //!< currently used widget for input, mainly used with cockpit
 
-    // status bar
-    QLabel *m_statusBarIcon  = nullptr; //!< status bar icon
-    QLabel *m_statusBarLabel = nullptr; //!< status bar label
-
     //! GUI status update
     void updateGuiStatusInformation();
 
diff --git a/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow_init.cpp b/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow_init.cpp
index 52d0750b9..d50516187 100644
--- a/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow_init.cpp
+++ b/src/swiftgui_standard/mainwindow_init.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "blackmisc/project.h"
 #include "blackmisc/hotkeyfunction.h"
 #include "blackmisc/logmessage.h"
-#include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
 #include <QSizeGrip>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 #include <QPushButton>
@@ -72,18 +71,8 @@ void MainWindow::init(const CRuntimeConfig &runtimeConfig)
     this->initGuiSignals();
 
     // status bar
-    if (!this->m_statusBarLabel)
-    {
-        // also subject of style sheet
-        this->m_statusBarIcon = new QLabel(this);
-        this->m_statusBarLabel = new QLabel(this);
-        this->m_timerStatusBar = new QTimer(this);
-        this->m_statusBarLabel->setMinimumHeight(16);
-        connect(this->m_timerStatusBar, &QTimer::timeout, this->m_statusBarIcon, &QLabel::clear);
-        connect(this->m_timerStatusBar, &QTimer::timeout, this->m_statusBarLabel, &QLabel::clear);
-        this->ui->sb_MainStatusBar->addWidget(this->m_statusBarIcon, 0);
-        this->ui->sb_MainStatusBar->addWidget(this->m_statusBarLabel, 1);
-    }
+    this->ui->dw_InfoBarStatus->allowStatusBar(false);
+    this->m_statusBar.initStatusBar(this->ui->sb_MainStatusBar);
 
     // signal / slots contexts / timers
     connect(this->getIContextNetwork(), &IContextNetwork::connectionTerminated, this, &MainWindow::ps_onConnectionTerminated);
@@ -139,12 +128,15 @@ void MainWindow::initGuiSignals()
     // Remark: With new style, only methods of same signature can be connected
     // This is why we still have some "old" SIGNAL/SLOT connections here
 
-    // Main keypad
+    // main keypad
     connect(this->ui->comp_MainKeypadArea, SIGNAL(selectedMainInfoAreaDockWidget(CMainInfoAreaComponent::InfoArea)), this, SLOT(ps_setMainPage()));
     connect(this->ui->comp_MainKeypadArea, &CMainKeypadAreaComponent::connectPressed, this, &MainWindow::ps_toggleNetworkConnection);
     connect(this->ui->comp_MainKeypadArea, &CMainKeypadAreaComponent::changedOpacity, this , &MainWindow::ps_changeWindowOpacity);
     connect(this->ui->comp_MainKeypadArea, &CMainKeypadAreaComponent::identPressed, this->ui->comp_MainInfoArea->getCockpitComponent(), &CCockpitComponent::setSelectedTransponderModeStateIdent);
     connect(this->ui->comp_MainKeypadArea, &CMainKeypadAreaComponent::selectedMainInfoAreaDockWidget, this->ui->comp_MainInfoArea, &CMainInfoAreaComponent::selectArea);
+    connect(this->ui->comp_MainInfoArea, &CMainInfoAreaComponent::changedInfoAreaStatus, ui->comp_MainKeypadArea, &CMainKeypadAreaComponent::onMainInfoAreaChanged);
+
+    // command line
     connect(this->ui->comp_MainKeypadArea, &CMainKeypadAreaComponent::commandEntered, this->ui->comp_MainInfoArea->getTextMessageComponent(), &CTextMessageComponent::parseCommandLine);
 
     // menu
@@ -210,10 +202,8 @@ void MainWindow::stopUpdateTimersWhenDisconnected()
  */
 void MainWindow::stopAllTimers(bool disconnect)
 {
-    this->m_timerStatusBar->stop();
     this->m_timerContextWatchdog->stop();
     this->stopUpdateTimersWhenDisconnected();
     if (!disconnect) return;
-    this->disconnect(this->m_timerStatusBar);
     this->disconnect(this->m_timerContextWatchdog);
 }