try something like this for assigning "Alt+Shift+C" and "Alt+Shift+H" in your config
bindkey ^[C caption always "%{= kW}%=%{= kW}%-w%{+b Yk} %n %t %{-}%+w %=" bindkey ^[H eval 'hardstatus alwayslastline' 'hardstatus string "%= nothing here yet %=" you'll have to learns how to use the "backtick" commands and scripts to build toggles for enable/disable of things... I'd imagine you got a ways to go before you get there... took me years to learn this screen stuff, and it wasnt easy... but stick with it, it'll be rewarding... --------------------------------------------- an example from my config basically the gist for building a toggle to like [ Ctrl + Alt +B ] or "^[^B" is this, have a backtick at end of config file to kick off a script you need to have a *%3`* in the hardstatus to see the output of backtick caption always "%{= kW}%=%{= kW}%-w%{+b Yk} %n %t %{-}%+w %=" eval 'hardstatus alwayslastline' 'hardstatus string "%= (B)link toggle: %3` %=" # |---default on startup # | # | |---default when no check file found # | | # V V backtick 3 0 0 bash /root/.screenrc.d/backticks.sh bt3 $STY auto off # region focus blink toggle: on, off, auto and then a "backticks.sh" to handle things #!/bin/bash if [ ${1} ]; then bt_func=${1}; shift; fi if [ ${1} ]; then session=${1}; shift; fi if [ ${1} ]; then arg1=${1}; shift; fi if [ ${1} ]; then arg2=${1}; shift; fi if [[ ${session} == NULL || ! ${session} ]]; then printf "NULL\n"; exit; fi bt3 () { case ${arg1} in (auto) check_blink_toggle; if [[ ! "${arg1}" == auto ]]; then ${0} bt3 ${session} ${arg1}; fi ;; (on) screen -S ${session} -X bindkey "^[^B" eval "backtick 3 0 0 bash /root/.screenrc.d/backticks.sh bt3 ${session} off"; printf "%s" ${arg1} > /tmp/blink_toggle; printf "on\\n"; ;; (off) screen -S ${session} -X bindkey "^[^B" eval "backtick 3 0 0 bash /root/.screenrc.d/backticks.sh bt3 ${session} on"; printf "%s" ${arg1} > /tmp/blink_toggle; printf "off\\n"; ;; (*) printf "error\\n" ;; esac } check_blink_toggle () { if [[ -f /tmp/blink_toggle ]]; then arg1=$(cat /tmp/blink_toggle) else arg1=${arg2} fi } # Function Execution Statement ${bt_func} ${session} ${arg1} ${arg2} ============================================================================== hope that helps... took years for me to learn this On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 12:11 PM Erik Falor <ewfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2023 at 04:48:41AM +0000, fam...@rawtext.club wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I was trying to figure out a way to hide/unhide the 'status bar' (not > sure if > > that's the term) showing the names of the windows. The one that shows up > at the > > bottom of the screen session by default. > > > > So I did `prefix : hardstatus ignore` and the status bar went away. > > > > But how can I get it back? > > > > Any idea? > > I believe the "status-bar" you are referring to is controlled by the > 'caption' command. > > `prefix :caption splitonly` will hide it unless the screen has been > split. > > `prefix :caption always` brings it back. > > As an aside, the manual suggests that the caption can be placed at the > top or bottom of the screen by giving `:caption` an extra argument. > > When I run `prefix :caption top always`, I am greeted with this error > message: > > usage: caption always|splitonly|string <string> > > > This is in Screen version 4.09.00 (GNU) 30-Jan-22. > > -- > Erik Falor > Registered Linux User #445632 http://unnovative.net >