add spacer element to statusline (#3165)

* add spacer element to statusline

* docs

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/statusline.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/statusline.rs
index 85992c60..e9e478bf 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/statusline.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/statusline.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ where
         helix_view::editor::StatusLineElement::Diagnostics => render_diagnostics,
         helix_view::editor::StatusLineElement::Selections => render_selections,
         helix_view::editor::StatusLineElement::Position => render_position,
+        helix_view::editor::StatusLineElement::Spacer => render_spacer,
     }
 }
 
@@ -334,3 +335,10 @@ where
 
     write(context, title, None);
 }
+
+fn render_spacer<F>(context: &mut RenderContext, write: F)
+where
+    F: Fn(&mut RenderContext, String, Option<Style>) + Copy,
+{
+    write(context, String::from(" "), None);
+}