diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Views/Bar.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Views/Bar.cs
index dfca76bde..d704bbf93 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Views/Bar.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Views/Bar.cs
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ public class BarItem : View {
 	public BarItem ()
 	{
 		Height = 1;
+		AddCommand (Command.ToggleExpandCollapse, () => { Visible = !Visible; return true; });
 	}
 	public override string Text {
 		set {
-			base.Text = $"{KeyBindings.Bindings.FirstOrDefault (b => b.Value.Scope != KeyBindingScope.Focused).Key} `{value}`";
+			base.Text = $"{KeyBindings.Bindings.FirstOrDefault (b => b.Value.Scope != KeyBindingScope.Focused).Key} {value}";
 		}
 		get {
-			return $"{KeyBindings.Bindings.FirstOrDefault(b => b.Value.Scope != KeyBindingScope.Focused).Key} `{base.Text}`";
+			return $"{KeyBindings.Bindings.FirstOrDefault(b => b.Value.Scope != KeyBindingScope.Focused).Key} {base.Text}";
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ public class Bar : View {
 		Height = 1;
 		AutoSize = false;
 		ColorScheme = Colors.Menu;
+		CanFocus = true;
 	}
 
 	public override void Add (View view)
diff --git a/UICatalog/Scenarios/Bars.cs b/UICatalog/Scenarios/Bars.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edad3b749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UICatalog/Scenarios/Bars.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+using Terminal.Gui;
+
+namespace UICatalog.Scenarios;
+[ScenarioMetadata (Name: "Bars", Description: "Illustrates Bar views (e.g. StatusBar)")]
+[ScenarioCategory ("Controls")]
+public class bars : Scenario {
+	public override void Init ()
+	{
+		Application.Init ();
+		ConfigurationManager.Themes.Theme = Theme;
+		ConfigurationManager.Apply ();
+		Application.Top.ColorScheme = Colors.ColorSchemes [TopLevelColorScheme];
+		Application.Top.Loaded += Top_Initialized;
+	}
+
+	// Setting everything up in Initialized handler because we change the
+	// QuitKey and it only sticks if changed after init
+	void Top_Initialized (object sender, System.EventArgs e)
+	{
+		Application.QuitKey = Key.Z.WithCtrl;
+
+		var bar = new Bar () {
+		};
+		var barITem = new BarItem () { Text = $"Quit - {Application.QuitKey}", AutoSize = true };
+		barITem.KeyBindings.Add (Application.QuitKey, KeyBindingScope.Application, Command.QuitToplevel);
+		bar.Add (barITem);
+
+		barITem = new BarItem () { Text = $"Show/Hide - {Key.F10}", AutoSize = true };
+		barITem.KeyBindings.Add (Key.F10, KeyBindingScope.Application, Command.ToggleExpandCollapse);
+		bar.Add (barITem);
+
+		bar.Add (new Label () { Text = "FocusLabel", CanFocus = true });
+
+		var button = new Button ("Press me!") {
+			AutoSize = true
+		};
+		button.Clicked += Button_Clicked;
+
+		bar.Add (button);
+
+		button = new Button ("Or me!") {
+			AutoSize = true,
+		};
+		button.Clicked += Button_Clicked;
+
+		bar.Add (button);
+
+		Application.Top.Add (bar);
+	}
+
+	void Button_Clicked (object sender, System.EventArgs e) => MessageBox.Query("Hi", $"You clicked {sender}");
+}