Add status support

src/Spectre.Console.Tests/Tools/DummySpinners.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Spectre.Console.Tests
+{
+    public sealed class DummySpinner1 : Spinner
+    {
+        public override TimeSpan Interval => TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100);
+        public override bool IsUnicode => true;
+        public override IReadOnlyList<string> Frames => new List<string>
+            {
+                    "*",
+            };
+    }
+
+    public sealed class DummySpinner2 : Spinner
+    {
+        public override TimeSpan Interval => TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100);
+        public override bool IsUnicode => true;
+        public override IReadOnlyList<string> Frames => new List<string>
+            {
+                    "-",
+            };
+    }
+}

src/Spectre.Console.Tests/Unit/StatusTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Spectre.Console.Tests.Unit
+{
+    public sealed partial class StatusTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void Should_Render_Status_Correctly()
+        {
+            // Given
+            var console = new TestableAnsiConsole(ColorSystem.TrueColor, width: 10);
+
+            var status = new Status(console);
+            status.AutoRefresh = false;
+            status.Spinner = new DummySpinner1();
+
+            // When
+            status.Start("foo", ctx =>
+            {
+                ctx.Refresh();
+                ctx.Spinner(new DummySpinner2());
+                ctx.Status("bar");
+                ctx.Refresh();
+                ctx.Spinner(new DummySpinner1());
+                ctx.Status("baz");
+            });
+
+            // Then
+            console.Output
+                .NormalizeLineEndings()
+                .ShouldBe(
+                    "[?25l     \n" +
+                    "* foo\n" +
+                    "          \n" +
+                    "- bar\n" +
+                    "          \n" +
+                    "* baz\n" +
+                    "     [?25h");
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Spectre.Console.sln

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Spectre.Console.ImageSharp"
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Progress", "..\examples\Progress\Progress.csproj", "{2B712A52-40F1-4C1C-833E-7C869ACA91F3}"
 EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Status", "..\examples\Status\Status.csproj", "{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -310,6 +312,18 @@ Global
 		{2B712A52-40F1-4C1C-833E-7C869ACA91F3}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 		{2B712A52-40F1-4C1C-833E-7C869ACA91F3}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{2B712A52-40F1-4C1C-833E-7C869ACA91F3}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -333,6 +347,7 @@ Global
 		{45BF6302-6553-4E52-BF0F-B10D1AA9A6D1} = {F0575243-121F-4DEE-9F6B-246E26DC0844}
 		{5693761A-754A-40A8-9144-36510D6A4D69} = {F0575243-121F-4DEE-9F6B-246E26DC0844}
 		{2B712A52-40F1-4C1C-833E-7C869ACA91F3} = {F0575243-121F-4DEE-9F6B-246E26DC0844}
+		{3716AFDF-0904-4635-8422-86E6B9356840} = {F0575243-121F-4DEE-9F6B-246E26DC0844}
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
 		SolutionGuid = {5729B071-67A0-48FB-8B1B-275E6822086C}

src/Spectre.Console/AnsiConsole.Progress.cs

@@ -13,5 +13,14 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
         {
             return Console.Progress();
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new <see cref="Status"/> instance.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="Status"/> instance.</returns>
+        public static Status Status()
+        {
+            return Console.Status();
+        }
     }
 }

src/Spectre.Console/Extensions/AnsiConsoleExtensions.Progress.cs

@@ -21,5 +21,20 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
 
             return new Progress(console);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new <see cref="Status"/> instance for the console.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="console">The console.</param>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="Status"/> instance.</returns>
+        public static Status Status(this IAnsiConsole console)
+        {
+            if (console is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(console));
+            }
+
+            return new Status(console);
+        }
     }
 }

src/Spectre.Console/Extensions/Columns/SpinnerColumnExtensions.cs

@@ -13,19 +13,18 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
         /// <param name="column">The column.</param>
         /// <param name="style">The style.</param>
         /// <returns>The same instance so that multiple calls can be chained.</returns>
-        public static SpinnerColumn Style(this SpinnerColumn column, Style style)
+        public static SpinnerColumn Style(this SpinnerColumn column, Style? style)
         {
             if (column is null)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(column));
             }
 
-            if (style is null)
+            if (style != null)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(style));
+                column.Style = style;
             }
 
-            column.Style = style;
             return column;
         }
     }

src/Spectre.Console/Extensions/StatusContextExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Spectre.Console
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Contains extension methods for <see cref="StatusContext"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class StatusContextExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets the status message.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The status context.</param>
+        /// <param name="status">The status message.</param>
+        /// <returns>The same instance so that multiple calls can be chained.</returns>
+        public static StatusContext Status(this StatusContext context, string status)
+        {
+            if (context is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
+            context.Status = status;
+            return context;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets the spinner.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The status context.</param>
+        /// <param name="spinner">The spinner.</param>
+        /// <returns>The same instance so that multiple calls can be chained.</returns>
+        public static StatusContext Spinner(this StatusContext context, Spinner spinner)
+        {
+            if (context is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
+            context.Spinner = spinner;
+            return context;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets the spinner style.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The status context.</param>
+        /// <param name="style">The spinner style.</param>
+        /// <returns>The same instance so that multiple calls can be chained.</returns>
+        public static StatusContext SpinnerStyle(this StatusContext context, Style? style)
+        {
+            if (context is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
+            context.SpinnerStyle = style;
+            return context;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Spectre.Console/Extensions/StatusExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Spectre.Console
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Contains extension methods for <see cref="Status"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class StatusExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets whether or not auto refresh is enabled.
+        /// If disabled, you will manually have to refresh the progress.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="status">The <see cref="Status"/> instance.</param>
+        /// <param name="enabled">Whether or not auto refresh is enabled.</param>
+        /// <returns>The same instance so that multiple calls can be chained.</returns>
+        public static Status AutoRefresh(this Status status, bool enabled)
+        {
+            if (status is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(status));
+            }
+
+            status.AutoRefresh = enabled;
+            return status;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets the spinner.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="status">The <see cref="Status"/> instance.</param>
+        /// <param name="spinner">The spinner.</param>
+        /// <returns>The same instance so that multiple calls can be chained.</returns>
+        public static Status Spinner(this Status status, Spinner spinner)
+        {
+            if (status is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(status));
+            }
+
+            status.Spinner = spinner;
+            return status;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets the spinner style.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="status">The <see cref="Status"/> instance.</param>
+        /// <param name="style">The spinner style.</param>
+        /// <returns>The same instance so that multiple calls can be chained.</returns>
+        public static Status SpinnerStyle(this Status status, Style? style)
+        {
+            if (status is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(status));
+            }
+
+            status.SpinnerStyle = style;
+            return status;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/Columns/PercentageColumn.cs

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
     /// </summary>
     public sealed class PercentageColumn : ProgressColumn
     {
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        protected internal override int? ColumnWidth => 4;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the style for a non-complete task.
         /// </summary>
@@ -28,5 +25,11 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
             var style = percentage == 100 ? CompletedStyle : Style ?? Style.Plain;
             return new Text($"{percentage}%", style).RightAligned();
         }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override int? GetColumnWidth(RenderContext context)
+        {
+            return 4;
+        }
     }
 }

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/Columns/RemainingTimeColumn.cs

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
     /// </summary>
     public sealed class RemainingTimeColumn : ProgressColumn
     {
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        protected internal override int? ColumnWidth => 7;
-
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected internal override bool NoWrap => true;
 
@@ -30,5 +27,11 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
 
             return new Text($"{remaining.Value:h\\:mm\\:ss}", Style ?? Style.Plain);
         }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override int? GetColumnWidth(RenderContext context)
+        {
+            return 7;
+        }
     }
 }

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/Columns/SpinnerColumn.cs

@@ -13,25 +13,39 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
         private const string ACCUMULATED = "SPINNER_ACCUMULATED";
         private const string INDEX = "SPINNER_INDEX";
 
-        private readonly ProgressSpinner _spinner;
-        private int? _maxLength;
-
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        protected internal override int? ColumnWidth => 1;
+        private readonly object _lock;
+        private Spinner _spinner;
+        private int? _maxWidth;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected internal override bool NoWrap => true;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the <see cref="Console.Spinner"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Spinner Spinner
+        {
+            get => _spinner;
+            set
+            {
+                lock (_lock)
+                {
+                    _spinner = value ?? Spinner.Known.Default;
+                    _maxWidth = null;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the style of the spinner.
         /// </summary>
-        public Style Style { get; set; } = new Style(foreground: Color.Yellow);
+        public Style? Style { get; set; } = new Style(foreground: Color.Yellow);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SpinnerColumn"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         public SpinnerColumn()
-            : this(ProgressSpinner.Known.Default)
+            : this(Spinner.Known.Default)
         {
         }
 
@@ -39,36 +53,55 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SpinnerColumn"/> class.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="spinner">The spinner to use.</param>
-        public SpinnerColumn(ProgressSpinner spinner)
+        public SpinnerColumn(Spinner spinner)
         {
             _spinner = spinner ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(spinner));
+            _lock = new object();
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public override IRenderable Render(RenderContext context, ProgressTask task, TimeSpan deltaTime)
         {
             var useAscii = (context.LegacyConsole || !context.Unicode) && _spinner.IsUnicode;
-            var spinner = useAscii ? ProgressSpinner.Known.Ascii : _spinner;
+            var spinner = useAscii ? Spinner.Known.Ascii : _spinner ?? Spinner.Known.Default;
 
             if (!task.IsStarted || task.IsFinished)
             {
-                if (_maxLength == null)
-                {
-                    _maxLength = _spinner.Frames.Max(frame => Cell.GetCellLength(context, frame));
-                }
-
-                return new Markup(new string(' ', _maxLength.Value));
+                return new Markup(new string(' ', GetMaxWidth(context)));
             }
 
             var accumulated = task.State.Update<double>(ACCUMULATED, acc => acc + deltaTime.TotalMilliseconds);
-            if (accumulated >= _spinner.Interval.TotalMilliseconds)
+            if (accumulated >= spinner.Interval.TotalMilliseconds)
             {
                 task.State.Update<double>(ACCUMULATED, _ => 0);
                 task.State.Update<int>(INDEX, index => index + 1);
             }
 
             var index = task.State.Get<int>(INDEX);
-            return new Markup(spinner.Frames[index % spinner.Frames.Count], Style ?? Style.Plain);
+            var frame = spinner.Frames[index % spinner.Frames.Count];
+            return new Markup(frame.EscapeMarkup(), Style ?? Style.Plain);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override int? GetColumnWidth(RenderContext context)
+        {
+            return GetMaxWidth(context);
+        }
+
+        private int GetMaxWidth(RenderContext context)
+        {
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                if (_maxWidth == null)
+                {
+                    var useAscii = (context.LegacyConsole || !context.Unicode) && _spinner.IsUnicode;
+                    var spinner = useAscii ? Spinner.Known.Ascii : _spinner ?? Spinner.Known.Default;
+
+                    _maxWidth = spinner.Frames.Max(frame => Cell.GetCellLength(context, frame));
+                }
+
+                return _maxWidth.Value;
+            }
         }
     }
 }

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/Progress.cs

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
 
         internal List<ProgressColumn> Columns { get; }
 
+        internal ProgressRenderer? FallbackRenderer { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Progress"/> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -116,11 +118,11 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
             if (interactive)
             {
                 var columns = new List<ProgressColumn>(Columns);
-                return new InteractiveProgressRenderer(_console, columns, RefreshRate);
+                return new DefaultProgressRenderer(_console, columns, RefreshRate);
             }
             else
             {
-                return new NonInteractiveProgressRenderer();
+                return FallbackRenderer ?? new FallbackProgressRenderer();
             }
         }
     }

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/ProgressColumn.cs

@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
         /// </summary>
         protected internal virtual bool NoWrap { get; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the requested column width for the column.
-        /// </summary>
-        protected internal virtual int? ColumnWidth { get; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a renderable representing the column.
         /// </summary>
@@ -26,5 +21,15 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
         /// <param name="deltaTime">The elapsed time since last call.</param>
         /// <returns>A renderable representing the column.</returns>
         public abstract IRenderable Render(RenderContext context, ProgressTask task, TimeSpan deltaTime);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the width of the column.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="context">The context.</param>
+        /// <returns>The width of the column, or <c>null</c> to calculate.</returns>
+        public virtual int? GetColumnWidth(RenderContext context)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 }

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/ProgressContext.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 using Spectre.Console.Internal;
 
 namespace Spectre.Console
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
         /// </summary>
         public bool IsFinished => _tasks.All(task => task.IsFinished);
 
+        internal Encoding Encoding => _console.Encoding;
+
         internal ProgressContext(IAnsiConsole console, ProgressRenderer renderer)
         {
             _tasks = new List<ProgressTask>();
@@ -56,14 +59,11 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
             _console.Render(new ControlSequence(string.Empty));
         }
 
-        internal void EnumerateTasks(Action<ProgressTask> action)
+        internal IReadOnlyList<ProgressTask> GetTasks()
         {
             lock (_taskLock)
             {
-                foreach (var task in _tasks)
-                {
-                    action(task);
-                }
+                return new List<ProgressTask>(_tasks);
             }
         }
     }

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/Renderers/DefaultProgressRenderer.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ using Spectre.Console.Rendering;
 
 namespace Spectre.Console.Internal
 {
-    internal sealed class InteractiveProgressRenderer : ProgressRenderer
+    internal sealed class DefaultProgressRenderer : ProgressRenderer
     {
         private readonly IAnsiConsole _console;
         private readonly List<ProgressColumn> _columns;
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Internal
 
         public override TimeSpan RefreshRate { get; }
 
-        public InteractiveProgressRenderer(IAnsiConsole console, List<ProgressColumn> columns, TimeSpan refreshRate)
+        public DefaultProgressRenderer(IAnsiConsole console, List<ProgressColumn> columns, TimeSpan refreshRate)
         {
             _console = console ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(console));
             _columns = columns ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(columns));
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Internal
                     _stopwatch.Start();
                 }
 
+                var renderContext = new RenderContext(_console.Encoding, _console.Capabilities.LegacyConsole);
+
                 var delta = _stopwatch.Elapsed - _lastUpdate;
                 _lastUpdate = _stopwatch.Elapsed;
 
@@ -68,9 +70,10 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Internal
                 {
                     var column = new GridColumn().PadRight(1);
 
-                    if (_columns[columnIndex].ColumnWidth != null)
+                    var columnWidth = _columns[columnIndex].GetColumnWidth(renderContext);
+                    if (columnWidth != null)
                     {
-                        column.Width = _columns[columnIndex].ColumnWidth;
+                        column.Width = columnWidth;
                     }
 
                     if (_columns[columnIndex].NoWrap)
@@ -88,12 +91,11 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Internal
                 }
 
                 // Add rows
-                var renderContext = new RenderContext(_console.Encoding, _console.Capabilities.LegacyConsole);
-                context.EnumerateTasks(task =>
+                foreach (var task in context.GetTasks())
                 {
                     var columns = _columns.Select(column => column.Render(renderContext, task, delta));
                     grid.AddRow(columns.ToArray());
-                });
+                }
 
                 _live.SetRenderable(new Padder(grid, new Padding(0, 1)));
             }

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/Renderers/FallbackProgressRenderer.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ using Spectre.Console.Rendering;
 
 namespace Spectre.Console.Internal
 {
-    internal sealed class NonInteractiveProgressRenderer : ProgressRenderer
+    internal sealed class FallbackProgressRenderer : ProgressRenderer
     {
         private const double FirstMilestone = 25;
         private static readonly double?[] _milestones = new double?[] { FirstMilestone, 50, 75, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100 };
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Internal
 
         public override TimeSpan RefreshRate => TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
 
-        public NonInteractiveProgressRenderer()
+        public FallbackProgressRenderer()
         {
             _taskMilestones = new Dictionary<int, double>();
             _lock = new object();
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Internal
                 var hasStartedTasks = false;
                 var updates = new List<(string, double)>();
 
-                context.EnumerateTasks(task =>
+                foreach (var task in context.GetTasks())
                 {
                     if (!task.IsStarted || task.IsFinished)
                     {
@@ -42,12 +42,15 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Internal
                     {
                         updates.Add((task.Description, task.Percentage));
                     }
-                });
+                }
 
                 // Got started tasks but no updates for 30 seconds?
                 if (hasStartedTasks && updates.Count == 0 && (DateTime.Now - _lastUpdate) > TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30))
                 {
-                    context.EnumerateTasks(task => updates.Add((task.Description, task.Percentage)));
+                    foreach (var task in context.GetTasks())
+                    {
+                        updates.Add((task.Description, task.Percentage));
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if (updates.Count > 0)

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/Renderers/StatusFallbackRenderer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Spectre.Console.Rendering;
+
+namespace Spectre.Console.Internal
+{
+    internal sealed class StatusFallbackRenderer : ProgressRenderer
+    {
+        private readonly object _lock;
+        private IRenderable? _renderable;
+        private string? _lastStatus;
+
+        public override TimeSpan RefreshRate => TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+
+        public StatusFallbackRenderer()
+        {
+            _lock = new object();
+        }
+
+        public override void Update(ProgressContext context)
+        {
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                var task = context.GetTasks().SingleOrDefault();
+                if (task != null)
+                {
+                    // Not same description?
+                    if (_lastStatus != task.Description)
+                    {
+                        _lastStatus = task.Description;
+                        _renderable = new Markup(task.Description + Environment.NewLine);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                _renderable = null;
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public override IEnumerable<IRenderable> Process(RenderContext context, IEnumerable<IRenderable> renderables)
+        {
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                var result = new List<IRenderable>();
+                result.AddRange(renderables);
+
+                if (_renderable != null)
+                {
+                    result.Add(_renderable);
+                }
+
+                _renderable = null;
+
+                return result;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/Spinner.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace Spectre.Console
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a spinner used in a <see cref="SpinnerColumn"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    public abstract partial class ProgressSpinner
+    public abstract partial class Spinner
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the update interval for the spinner.

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/Status.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Spectre.Console.Internal;
+
+namespace Spectre.Console
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a status display.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class Status
+    {
+        private readonly IAnsiConsole _console;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the spinner.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Spinner? Spinner { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the spinner style.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Style? SpinnerStyle { get; set; } = new Style(foreground: Color.Yellow);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether or not status
+        /// should auto refresh. Defaults to <c>true</c>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool AutoRefresh { get; set; } = true;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Status"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="console">The console.</param>
+        public Status(IAnsiConsole console)
+        {
+            _console = console ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(console));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Starts a new status display.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="status">The status to display.</param>
+        /// <param name="action">he action to execute.</param>
+        public void Start(string status, Action<StatusContext> action)
+        {
+            var task = StartAsync(status, ctx =>
+            {
+                action(ctx);
+                return Task.CompletedTask;
+            });
+
+            task.GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Starts a new status display.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="status">The status to display.</param>
+        /// <param name="action">he action to execute.</param>
+        /// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+        public async Task StartAsync(string status, Func<StatusContext, Task> action)
+        {
+            // Set the progress columns
+            var spinnerColumn = new SpinnerColumn(Spinner ?? Spinner.Known.Default)
+            {
+                Style = SpinnerStyle ?? Style.Plain,
+            };
+
+            var progress = new Progress(_console)
+            {
+                FallbackRenderer = new StatusFallbackRenderer(),
+                AutoClear = true,
+                AutoRefresh = AutoRefresh,
+            };
+
+            progress.Columns(new ProgressColumn[]
+            {
+                spinnerColumn,
+                new TaskDescriptionColumn(),
+            });
+
+            await progress.StartAsync(async ctx =>
+            {
+                var statusContext = new StatusContext(ctx, ctx.AddTask(status), spinnerColumn);
+                await action(statusContext).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Spectre.Console/Progress/StatusContext.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Spectre.Console
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a context that can be used to interact with a <see cref="Status"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class StatusContext
+    {
+        private readonly ProgressContext _context;
+        private readonly ProgressTask _task;
+        private readonly SpinnerColumn _spinnerColumn;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the current status.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Status
+        {
+            get => _task.Description;
+            set => SetStatus(value);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the current spinner.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Spinner Spinner
+        {
+            get => _spinnerColumn.Spinner;
+            set => SetSpinner(value);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the current spinner style.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Style? SpinnerStyle
+        {
+            get => _spinnerColumn.Style;
+            set => _spinnerColumn.Style = value;
+        }
+
+        internal StatusContext(ProgressContext context, ProgressTask task, SpinnerColumn spinnerColumn)
+        {
+            _context = context ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            _task = task ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(task));
+            _spinnerColumn = spinnerColumn ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(spinnerColumn));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Refreshes the status.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Refresh()
+        {
+            _context.Refresh();
+        }
+
+        private void SetStatus(string status)
+        {
+            if (status is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(status));
+            }
+
+            _task.Description = status;
+        }
+
+        private void SetSpinner(Spinner spinner)
+        {
+            if (spinner is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(spinner));
+            }
+
+            _spinnerColumn.Spinner = spinner;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Spectre.Console/Rendering/LiveRenderable.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using Spectre.Console.Internal;
 
 namespace Spectre.Console.Rendering
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Rendering
     {
         private readonly object _lock = new object();
         private IRenderable? _renderable;
-        private int? _height;
+        private SegmentShape? _shape;
 
         public void SetRenderable(IRenderable renderable)
         {
@@ -22,12 +21,12 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Rendering
         {
             lock (_lock)
             {
-                if (_height == null)
+                if (_shape == null)
                 {
                     return new ControlSequence(string.Empty);
                 }
 
-                return new ControlSequence("\r" + "\u001b[1A".Repeat(_height.Value - 1));
+                return new ControlSequence("\r" + "\u001b[1A".Repeat(_shape.Value.Height - 1));
             }
         }
 
@@ -35,12 +34,12 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Rendering
         {
             lock (_lock)
             {
-                if (_height == null)
+                if (_shape == null)
                 {
                     return new ControlSequence(string.Empty);
                 }
 
-                return new ControlSequence("\r\u001b[2K" + "\u001b[1A\u001b[2K".Repeat(_height.Value - 1));
+                return new ControlSequence("\r\u001b[2K" + "\u001b[1A\u001b[2K".Repeat(_shape.Value.Height - 1));
             }
         }
 
@@ -53,27 +52,27 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Rendering
                     var segments = _renderable.Render(context, maxWidth);
                     var lines = Segment.SplitLines(context, segments);
 
-                    _height = lines.Count;
+                    var shape = SegmentShape.Calculate(context, lines);
+                    _shape = _shape == null ? shape : _shape.Value.Inflate(shape);
+                    _shape.Value.SetShape(context, lines);
 
-                    var result = new List<Segment>();
                     foreach (var (_, _, last, line) in lines.Enumerate())
                     {
                         foreach (var item in line)
                         {
-                            result.Add(item);
+                            yield return item;
                         }
 
                         if (!last)
                         {
-                            result.Add(Segment.LineBreak);
+                            yield return Segment.LineBreak;
                         }
                     }
 
-                    return result;
+                    yield break;
                 }
 
-                _height = 0;
-                return Enumerable.Empty<Segment>();
+                _shape = null;
             }
         }
     }

src/Spectre.Console/Rendering/Segment.cs

@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Rendering
             return stack.ToList();
         }
 
+        // TODO: Move this to Table
         internal static List<List<SegmentLine>> MakeSameHeight(int cellHeight, List<List<SegmentLine>> cells)
         {
             if (cells is null)
@@ -619,5 +620,49 @@ namespace Spectre.Console.Rendering
 
             return cells;
         }
+
+        internal static (int Width, int Height) GetShape(RenderContext context, List<SegmentLine> lines)
+        {
+            if (context is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
+            if (lines is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(lines));
+            }
+
+            var height = lines.Count;
+            var width = lines.Max(l => CellCount(context, l));
+
+            return (width, height);
+        }
+
+        internal static List<SegmentLine> SetShape(RenderContext context, List<SegmentLine> lines, (int Width, int Height) shape)
+        {
+            foreach (var line in lines)
+            {
+                var length = CellCount(context, line);
+                var missing = shape.Width - length;
+                if (missing > 0)
+                {
+                    line.Add(new Segment(new string(' ', missing)));
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (lines.Count < shape.Height)
+            {
+                var missing = shape.Height - lines.Count;
+                for (int i = 0; i < missing; i++)
+                {
+                    var line = new SegmentLine();
+                    line.Add(new Segment(new string(' ', shape.Width)));
+                    lines.Add(line);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return lines;
+        }
     }
 }

src/Spectre.Console/Rendering/SegmentShape.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Spectre.Console.Rendering
+{
+    internal readonly struct SegmentShape
+    {
+        public int Width { get; }
+        public int Height { get; }
+
+        public SegmentShape(int width, int height)
+        {
+            Width = width;
+            Height = height;
+        }
+
+        public static SegmentShape Calculate(RenderContext context, List<SegmentLine> lines)
+        {
+            if (context is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
+            }
+
+            if (lines is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(lines));
+            }
+
+            var height = lines.Count;
+            var width = lines.Max(l => Segment.CellCount(context, l));
+
+            return new SegmentShape(width, height);
+        }
+
+        public SegmentShape Inflate(SegmentShape other)
+        {
+            return new SegmentShape(
+                Math.Max(Width, other.Width),
+                Math.Max(Height, other.Height));
+        }
+
+        public void SetShape(RenderContext context, List<SegmentLine> lines)
+        {
+            foreach (var line in lines)
+            {
+                var length = Segment.CellCount(context, line);
+                var missing = Width - length;
+                if (missing > 0)
+                {
+                    line.Add(new Segment(new string(' ', missing)));
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (lines.Count < Height)
+            {
+                var missing = Height - lines.Count;
+                for (var i = 0; i < missing; i++)
+                {
+                    var line = new SegmentLine();
+                    line.Add(new Segment(new string(' ', Width)));
+                    lines.Add(line);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}