@LeonardoBraga can we just fix it for this particular issue as outlined in #51515 and apply a cursor:default style for the progress message here?

Definitely. My reasoning behind setting the default cursor style instead of specializing it for each status bar part is that - unless required otherwise - all items in the status bar should not have a "selectable" cursor or a "clickable" one. If you don't agree with this reasoning just let me know and I'll apply the rule directly to the progress items.

@LeonardoBraga I think the only one that is not working OK right now is the progress one, all the others should get the cursor: default if they are using spans.

@bpasero unless I'm missing something, in statusbarpart.css, the only selector that sets the cursor to default is .monaco-workbench > .part.statusbar > .statusbar-entry > span, which would not match .statusbar-item and even for .statusbar-entry, it would only match the first level spans.

Besides, having the cursor: default in the selector I suggested would even allow us to remove it from .statusbar-entry > span. Do you still prefer to proceed with the specific selector of the progress item?

@LeonardoBraga yeah fair enough.

@LeonardoBraga this one needs to be an anchor because it is clickable

My apologies - I missed the click handler in the code right below.

@LeonardoBraga this one needs to be an anchor because it is clickable

My apologies - I missed the click handler in the code right below.