diff --git a/spec/app/status-bar-spec.coffee b/spec/app/status-bar-spec.coffee
index b1e7063ed..4d0bc3120 100644
--- a/spec/app/status-bar-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/status-bar-spec.coffee
@@ -2,27 +2,28 @@ $ = require 'jquery'
 RootView = require 'root-view'
 StatusBar = require 'status-bar'
 
-fdescribe "StatusBar", ->
-  [rootView, statusBar] = []
+describe "StatusBar", ->
+  [rootView, editor, statusBar] = []
 
   beforeEach ->
     rootView = new RootView(pathToOpen: require.resolve('fixtures/sample.js'))
     rootView.simulateDomAttachment()
     StatusBar.activate(rootView)
+    editor = rootView.activeEditor()
     statusBar = rootView.find('.status-bar').view()
 
   describe "@initialize", ->
     it "appends a status bar to all existing and new editors", ->
       expect(rootView.panes.find('.pane').length).toBe 1
       expect(rootView.panes.find('.pane > .status-bar').length).toBe 1
-      rootView.activeEditor().splitRight()
+      editor.splitRight()
       expect(rootView.find('.pane').length).toBe 2
       expect(rootView.panes.find('.pane > .status-bar').length).toBe 2
 
   describe ".initialize(editor)", ->
     it "displays the editor's buffer path and cursor buffer position", ->
       expect(statusBar.currentPath.text()).toBe 'sample.js'
-      expect(statusBar.cursorPosition.text()).toBe '0,0'
+      expect(statusBar.cursorPosition.text()).toBe '1,1'
 
     describe "when associated with an unsaved buffer", ->
       it "displays 'untitled' instead of the buffer's path, but still displays the buffer position", ->
@@ -31,4 +32,14 @@ fdescribe "StatusBar", ->
         StatusBar.activate(rootView)
         statusBar = rootView.find('.status-bar').view()
         expect(statusBar.currentPath.text()).toBe 'untitled'
-        expect(statusBar.cursorPosition.text()).toBe '0,0'
+        expect(statusBar.cursorPosition.text()).toBe '1,1'
+
+  describe "when the associated editor's path changes", ->
+    it "updates the path in the status bar", ->
+      rootView.open(require.resolve 'fixtures/sample.txt')
+      expect(statusBar.currentPath.text()).toBe 'sample.txt'
+
+  describe "when the associated editor's cursor position changes", ->
+    it "updates the cursor position in the status bar", ->
+      editor.setCursorScreenPosition([1, 2])
+      expect(statusBar.cursorPosition.text()).toBe '2,3'
diff --git a/src/app/status-bar.coffee b/src/app/status-bar.coffee
index 5b477357b..bc21fc5fb 100644
--- a/src/app/status-bar.coffee
+++ b/src/app/status-bar.coffee
@@ -21,11 +21,20 @@ class StatusBar extends View
       @div class: 'cursor-position', outlet: 'cursorPosition'
 
   initialize: (@rootView, @editor) ->
+    @updatePathText()
+    @editor.on 'editor-path-change', => @updatePathText()
+
+    @updateCursorPositionText()
+    @editor.on 'cursor-move', => @updateCursorPositionText()
+
+  updatePathText: ->
     path = @editor.buffer.path
     if path
       @currentPath.text(@rootView.project.relativize(path))
     else
       @currentPath.text('untitled')
 
-    position = @editor.getCursorBufferPosition()
-    @cursorPosition.text("#{position.row},#{position.column}")
+  updateCursorPositionText: ->
+    { row, column } = @editor.getCursorBufferPosition()
+    @cursorPosition.text("#{row + 1},#{column + 1}")
+
diff --git a/static/atom.css b/static/atom.css
index 2554b1d1a..caa836427 100644
--- a/static/atom.css
+++ b/static/atom.css
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ body {
 
 #root-view #panes .pane {
   position: absolute;
+  display: -webkit-box;
+  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
   box-sizing: border-box;
diff --git a/static/editor.css b/static/editor.css
index d4c54f180..f31524bbf 100644
--- a/static/editor.css
+++ b/static/editor.css
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
   color: white;
   cursor: default;
   -webkit-user-select: none;
+  -webkit-box-flex: 1;
 }
 
+
 .editor.mini {
   height: auto;
 }
diff --git a/static/status-bar.css b/static/status-bar.css
index aa8847337..cbe86bb1f 100644
--- a/static/status-bar.css
+++ b/static/status-bar.css
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 .status-bar {
-  position: absolute;
-  bottom: 0;
-  left: 0;
-  right: 0;
   background: black;
   color: white;
   padding: 5px;
+  position: relative;
 }
 
 .status-bar .cursor-position {