Released May 24, 2026 — downloads for this release
The status bar now supports full keyboard exploration. Press
Ctrl+9 or cycle through panes with F6 to reach
it, then use Left and Right arrow keys
to move between its four regions. Press Tab to exit
back to the main pane cycle.
| Region | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Status | Current activity — message counts, sync progress, search results |
| Connection | Connection state — Offline, Connecting…, Syncing…, N accounts connected, or Connection error |
| Rules | Rules summary — how many rules are active, disabled, and when they last ran |
| Sync progress | A progress indicator shown while mail is syncing (hidden otherwise) |
Screen readers announce each region individually as focus moves, using the region’s current value as the accessible name. The status bar also exposes the UIA StatusBar control pattern, which enables screen readers to read the entire bar with their built-in status-bar commands.
A new Connection region in the status bar shows the current state of your account connections at a glance. The value updates in real time:
The Rules summary in the status bar was previously a styled read-only
text element with no accessible role. It is now a proper
Button (ControlType.Button). Screen readers correctly
announce it as interactive, and pressing Enter or
Space opens the Rules Manager — the same as selecting
Rules… from the menu or pressing
Ctrl+Shift+L.
StatusBarAccessibleName ViewModel property;
status bar name is now derived from a XAML binding, keeping
accessibility label logic in the View layer.AutomationProperties.Name consolidated onto child
elements only, eliminating potential for double-announcement by screen
readers when navigating the UIA tree.