From 1c7a89b2e4b36b4e23d8c358ccf6db6cb1ee5580 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Panagiotis <27917356+panoschal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 21:00:15 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] add comment - explain conditional statusBar

---
 src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx b/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
index 69d4cfc590..781fb94ddc 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
@@ -1852,6 +1852,8 @@ export default class RoomView extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             "mx_RoomView_statusArea_expanded": isStatusAreaExpanded,
         });
 
+        // if statusBar does not exist then statusBarArea is blank and takes up unnecessary space on the screen
+        // show statusBarArea only if statusBar is present
         const statusBarArea = statusBar && <div className={statusBarAreaClass}>
             <div className="mx_RoomView_statusAreaBox">
                 <div className="mx_RoomView_statusAreaBox_line" />