Add setting to hide/merge the 'auto mode on' status bar indicator
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 7, 2026 by Hakihiro Closed May 11, 2026
Problem
When permissions.defaultMode is set to "auto" and a custom statusLine command is configured, Claude Code displays two lines at the bottom of the terminal:
- The custom status line output
- A hardcoded
auto mode onindicator
There is no way to hide, suppress, or merge this built-in indicator into the custom status line. This wastes vertical space and looks redundant when the custom status line already surfaces the permission mode.
Proposed solution
Add a setting (e.g. hideAutoModeIndicator: true or compactStatusBar: true) that either:
- Hides the built-in
auto mode online entirely (letting the user surface it in their customstatusLineif desired), or - Merges it inline into the custom status line output
Environment
- Claude Code CLI on Linux
statusLineconfigured with a custom commandpermissions.defaultMode: "auto"
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