Jam/status_bar.py

from kivy.uix.label import Label
from kivy.graphics import Color,Rectangle
from kivy.utils import escape_markup

class Status_bar(Label):

    def __init__(self,app,**kwargs):
        # app is used to share information between widgets
        self.app=app

        # init Label
        super(Status_bar,self).__init__(**kwargs)

    def set_position(self,string):
        self.text=escape_markup(string)