Can an icon be assigned to the "A" tags?
Also consider making the status bar a field type dropin (like the Everything field or spacer fields). Then users could have a toolbar at the bottom (or inside any horizontal toolbar, even in the title bar) with fully functional buttons and menus with a status bar placed inside. This would allow users to position it before or after buttons and menus at their discretion.
Thank you so much! I used your code as a reference to implement the {qkh} replacement feature. Sharing it here for anyone else who might need it: <a href="Prefs PAGE=fayt" id="qkh" text="%qkh%">test</a>