diff --git a/reskindex.js b/reskindex.js
index 66dfc39f73..37b3345e36 100755
--- a/reskindex.js
+++ b/reskindex.js
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ strm.write(" * THIS FILE IS AUTO-GENERATED\n");
 strm.write(" * You can edit it you like, but your changes will be overwritten,\n");
 strm.write(" * so you'd just be trying to swim upstream like a salmon.\n");
 strm.write(" * You are not a salmon.\n");
+strm.write(" *\n");
+strm.write(" * To update it, run:\n");
+strm.write(" *    ./reskindex.js -h header\n");
 strm.write(" */\n\n");
 
 if (packageJson['matrix-react-parent']) {
diff --git a/src/component-index.js b/src/component-index.js
index b4452c7902..5a37a98913 100644
--- a/src/component-index.js
+++ b/src/component-index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ limitations under the License.
  * You can edit it you like, but your changes will be overwritten,
  * so you'd just be trying to swim upstream like a salmon.
  * You are not a salmon.
+ *
+ * To update it, run:
+ *    ./reskindex.js -h header
  */
 
 module.exports.components = {};
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ module.exports.components['structures.login.Login'] = require('./components/stru
 module.exports.components['structures.login.PostRegistration'] = require('./components/structures/login/PostRegistration');
 module.exports.components['structures.login.Registration'] = require('./components/structures/login/Registration');
 module.exports.components['structures.MatrixChat'] = require('./components/structures/MatrixChat');
+module.exports.components['structures.RoomStatusBar'] = require('./components/structures/RoomStatusBar');
 module.exports.components['structures.RoomView'] = require('./components/structures/RoomView');
 module.exports.components['structures.ScrollPanel'] = require('./components/structures/ScrollPanel');
 module.exports.components['structures.UploadBar'] = require('./components/structures/UploadBar');
diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomStatusBar.js b/src/components/structures/RoomStatusBar.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c15a33d777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomStatusBar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+var React = require('react');
+var sdk = require('../../index');
+var dis = require("../../dispatcher");
+var WhoIsTyping = require("../../WhoIsTyping");
+var MatrixClientPeg = require("../../MatrixClientPeg");
+
+module.exports = React.createClass({
+    displayName: 'RoomStatusBar',
+
+    propTypes: {
+        // the room this statusbar is representing.
+        room: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+        
+        // a list of TabCompleteEntries.Entry objects
+        tabCompleteEntries: React.PropTypes.array,
+
+        // the number of messages which have arrived since we've been scrolled up
+        numUnreadMessages: React.PropTypes.number,
+
+        // true if there are messages in the room which had errors on send
+        hasUnsentMessages: React.PropTypes.bool,
+
+        // this is true if we are fully scrolled-down, and are looking at
+        // the end of the live timeline.
+        atEndOfLiveTimeline: React.PropTypes.bool,
+
+        // true if there is an active call in this room (means we show
+        // the 'Active Call' text in the status bar if there is nothing
+        // more interesting)
+        hasActiveCall: React.PropTypes.bool,
+
+        // callback for when the user clicks on the 'resend all' button in the
+        // 'unsent messages' bar
+        onResendAllClick: React.PropTypes.func,
+
+        // callback for when the user clicks on the 'scroll to bottom' button
+        onScrollToBottomClick: React.PropTypes.func,
+    },
+
+    getInitialState: function() {
+        return {
+            syncState: MatrixClientPeg.get().getSyncState(),
+        };
+    },
+
+    componentWillMount: function() {
+        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("sync", this.onSyncStateChange);
+    },
+
+    componentWillUnmount: function() {
+        MatrixClientPeg.get().removeListener("sync", this.onSyncStateChange);
+    },
+
+    onSyncStateChange: function(state, prevState) {
+        if (state === "SYNCING" && prevState === "SYNCING") {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.setState({
+            syncState: state
+        });
+    },
+
+    render: function() {
+        var TabCompleteBar = sdk.getComponent('rooms.TabCompleteBar');
+        var TintableSvg = sdk.getComponent("elements.TintableSvg");
+
+        // no conn bar trumps unread count since you can't get unread messages
+        // without a connection! (technically may already have some but meh)
+        // It also trumps the "some not sent" msg since you can't resend without
+        // a connection!
+        if (this.state.syncState === "ERROR") {
+            return (
+                <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar">
+                    <img src="img/warning.svg" width="24" height="23" title="/!\ " alt="/!\ "/>
+                    <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_textArea">
+                        <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_title">
+                            Connectivity to the server has been lost.
+                        </div>
+                        <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_desc">
+                            Sent messages will be stored until your connection has returned.
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            );
+        }
+
+        if (this.props.tabCompleteEntries) {
+            return (
+                <div className="mx_RoomView_tabCompleteBar">
+                    <div className="mx_RoomView_tabCompleteImage">...</div>
+                    <div className="mx_RoomView_tabCompleteWrapper">
+                        <TabCompleteBar entries={this.props.tabCompleteEntries} />
+                        <div className="mx_RoomView_tabCompleteEol" title="->|">
+                            <TintableSvg src="img/eol.svg" width="22" height="16"/>
+                            Auto-complete
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            );
+        }
+
+        if (this.props.hasUnsentMessages) {
+            return (
+                <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar">
+                    <img src="img/warning.svg" width="24" height="23" title="/!\ " alt="/!\ "/>
+                    <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_textArea">
+                        <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_title">
+                            Some of your messages have not been sent.
+                        </div>
+                        <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_desc">
+                            <a className="mx_RoomView_resend_link"
+                                onClick={ this.props.onResendAllClick }>
+                            Resend all now
+                            </a> or select individual messages to re-send.
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            );
+        }
+
+        // unread count trumps who is typing since the unread count is only
+        // set when you've scrolled up
+        if (this.props.numUnreadMsgs) {
+            var unreadMsgs = this.props.numUnreadMessages + " new message" + 
+                (this.props.numUnreadMessages > 1 ? "s" : "");
+
+            return (
+                <div className="mx_RoomView_unreadMessagesBar" onClick={ this.props.onScrollToBottomClick }>
+                    <img src="img/newmessages.svg" width="24" height="24" alt=""/>
+                    {unreadMsgs}
+                </div>
+            );
+        }
+
+        var typingString = WhoIsTyping.whoIsTypingString(this.props.room);
+        if (typingString) {
+            return (
+                <div className="mx_RoomView_typingBar">
+                    <div className="mx_RoomView_typingImage">...</div>
+                    <span className="mx_RoomView_typingText">{typingString}</span>
+                </div>
+            );
+        }
+
+        if (!this.props.atEndOfLiveTimeline) {
+            return (
+                <div className="mx_RoomView_scrollToBottomBar" onClick={ this.props.onScrollToBottomClick }>
+                    <img src="img/scrolldown.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="Scroll to bottom of page" title="Scroll to bottom of page"/>
+                </div>                        
+            );
+        }
+
+        if (this.props.hasActiveCall) {
+            return (
+                <div className="mx_RoomView_callBar">
+                    <img src="img/sound-indicator.svg" width="23" height="20"/>
+                    <b>Active call</b>
+                </div>
+            );
+        }
+
+        return <div />;
+    },
+});
diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
index 78c206a28a..820aaf407a 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ var EventTimeline = Matrix.EventTimeline;
 
 var MatrixClientPeg = require("../../MatrixClientPeg");
 var ContentMessages = require("../../ContentMessages");
-var WhoIsTyping = require("../../WhoIsTyping");
 var Modal = require("../../Modal");
 var sdk = require('../../index');
 var CallHandler = require('../../CallHandler');
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             draggingFile: false,
             searching: false,
             searchResults: null,
-            syncState: MatrixClientPeg.get().getSyncState(),
             hasUnsentMessages: this._hasUnsentMessages(room),
             callState: null,
             timelineLoading: true, // track whether our room timeline is loading
@@ -130,7 +128,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         MatrixClientPeg.get().on("Room.receipt", this.onRoomReceipt);
         MatrixClientPeg.get().on("RoomMember.typing", this.onRoomMemberTyping);
         MatrixClientPeg.get().on("RoomState.members", this.onRoomStateMember);
-        MatrixClientPeg.get().on("sync", this.onSyncStateChange);
         // xchat-style tab complete, add a colon if tab
         // completing at the start of the text
         this.tabComplete = new TabComplete({
@@ -286,7 +283,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             MatrixClientPeg.get().removeListener("Room.receipt", this.onRoomReceipt);
             MatrixClientPeg.get().removeListener("RoomMember.typing", this.onRoomMemberTyping);
             MatrixClientPeg.get().removeListener("RoomState.members", this.onRoomStateMember);
-            MatrixClientPeg.get().removeListener("sync", this.onSyncStateChange);
         }
 
         window.removeEventListener('resize', this.onResize);        
@@ -352,15 +348,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         }
     },
 
-    onSyncStateChange: function(state, prevState) {
-        if (state === "SYNCING" && prevState === "SYNCING") {
-            return;
-        }
-        this.setState({
-            syncState: state
-        });
-    },
-
     componentWillReceiveProps: function(newProps) {
         if (newProps.roomId != this.props.roomId) {
             throw new Error("changing room on a RoomView is not supported");
@@ -833,10 +820,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         });
     },
 
-    getWhoIsTypingString: function() {
-        return WhoIsTyping.whoIsTypingString(this.state.room);
-    },
-
     onSearch: function(term, scope) {
         this.setState({
             searchTerm: term,
@@ -1320,13 +1303,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         });
     },
 
-    getUnreadMessagesString: function() {
-        if (!this.state.numUnreadMessages) {
-            return "";
-        }
-        return this.state.numUnreadMessages + " new message" + (this.state.numUnreadMessages > 1 ? "s" : "");
-    },
-
     // jump down to the bottom of this room, where new events are arriving
     jumpToLiveTimeline: function() {
         // if we can't forward-paginate the existing timeline, then there
@@ -1559,6 +1535,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         // We have successfully loaded this room, and are not previewing.
         // Display the "normal" room view.
 
+        var call = CallHandler.getCallForRoom(this.props.roomId);
+        var inCall = false;
+        if (call && (this.state.callState !== 'ended' && this.state.callState !== 'ringing')) {
+            inCall = true;
+        }
+
         var scrollheader_classes = classNames({
             mx_RoomView_scrollheader: true,
             loading: this.state.paginating
@@ -1577,86 +1559,20 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             var UploadBar = sdk.getComponent('structures.UploadBar');
             statusBar = <UploadBar room={this.state.room} />
         } else if (!this.state.searchResults) {
-            var typingString = this.getWhoIsTypingString();
-            // typingString = "S͚͍̭̪̤͙̱͙̖̥͙̥̤̻̙͕͓͂̌ͬ͐̂k̜̝͎̰̥̻̼̂̌͛͗͊̅̒͂̊̍̍͌̈̈́͌̋̊ͬa͉̯͚̺̗̳̩ͪ̋̑͌̓̆̍̂̉̏̅̆ͧ̌̑v̲̲̪̝ͥ̌ͨͮͭ̊͆̾ͮ̍ͮ͑̚e̮̙͈̱̘͕̼̮͒ͩͨͫ̃͗̇ͩ͒ͣͦ͒̄̍͐ͣ̿ͥṘ̗̺͇̺̺͔̄́̊̓͊̍̃ͨ̚ā̼͎̘̟̼͎̜̪̪͚̋ͨͨͧ̓ͦͯͤ̄͆̋͂ͩ͌ͧͅt̙̙̹̗̦͖̞ͫͪ͑̑̅ͪ̃̚ͅ is typing...";
-            var unreadMsgs = this.getUnreadMessagesString();
-            // no conn bar trumps unread count since you can't get unread messages
-            // without a connection! (technically may already have some but meh)
-            // It also trumps the "some not sent" msg since you can't resend without
-            // a connection!
-            if (this.state.syncState === "ERROR") {
-                statusBar = (
-                    <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar">
-                        <img src="img/warning.svg" width="24" height="23" title="/!\ " alt="/!\ "/>
-                        <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_textArea">
-                            <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_title">
-                                Connectivity to the server has been lost.
-                            </div>
-                            <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_desc">
-                                Sent messages will be stored until your connection has returned.
-                            </div>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                );
-            }
-            else if (this.tabComplete.isTabCompleting()) {
-                var TabCompleteBar = sdk.getComponent('rooms.TabCompleteBar');
-                statusBar = (
-                    <div className="mx_RoomView_tabCompleteBar">
-                        <div className="mx_RoomView_tabCompleteImage">...</div>
-                        <div className="mx_RoomView_tabCompleteWrapper">
-                            <TabCompleteBar entries={this.tabComplete.peek(6)} />
-                            <div className="mx_RoomView_tabCompleteEol" title="->|">
-                                <TintableSvg src="img/eol.svg" width="22" height="16"/>
-                                Auto-complete
-                            </div>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                );
-            }
-            else if (this.state.hasUnsentMessages) {
-                statusBar = (
-                    <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar">
-                        <img src="img/warning.svg" width="24" height="23" title="/!\ " alt="/!\ "/>
-                        <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_textArea">
-                            <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_title">
-                                Some of your messages have not been sent.
-                            </div>
-                            <div className="mx_RoomView_connectionLostBar_desc">
-                                <a className="mx_RoomView_resend_link"
-                                    onClick={ this.onResendAllClick }>
-                                Resend all now
-                                </a> or select individual messages to re-send.
-                            </div>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                );
-            }
-            // unread count trumps who is typing since the unread count is only
-            // set when you've scrolled up
-            else if (unreadMsgs) {
-                statusBar = (
-                    <div className="mx_RoomView_unreadMessagesBar" onClick={ this.jumpToLiveTimeline }>
-                        <img src="img/newmessages.svg" width="24" height="24" alt=""/>
-                        {unreadMsgs}
-                    </div>
-                );
-            }
-            else if (typingString) {
-                statusBar = (
-                    <div className="mx_RoomView_typingBar">
-                        <div className="mx_RoomView_typingImage">...</div>
-                        <span className="mx_RoomView_typingText">{typingString}</span>
-                    </div>
-                );
-            }
-            else if (!this.state.atEndOfLiveTimeline) {
-                statusBar = (
-                    <div className="mx_RoomView_scrollToBottomBar" onClick={ this.jumpToLiveTimeline }>
-                        <img src="img/scrolldown.svg" width="24" height="24" alt="Scroll to bottom of page" title="Scroll to bottom of page"/>
-                    </div>                        
-                );
-            }
+            var RoomStatusBar = sdk.getComponent('structures.RoomStatusBar');
+            var tabEntries = this.tabComplete.isTabCompleting() ?
+                this.tabComplete.peek(6) : null;
+
+            statusBar = <RoomStatusBar
+                room={this.state.room}
+                tabCompleteEntries={tabEntries}
+                numUnreadMessages={this.state.numUnreadMessages}
+                hasUnsentMessages={this.state.hasUnsentMessages}
+                atEndOfLiveTimeline={this.state.atEndOfLiveTimeline}
+                hasActiveCall={inCall}
+                onResendAllClick={this.onResendAllClick}
+                onScrollToBottomClick={this.jumpToLiveTimeline}
+                />
         }
 
         var aux = null;
@@ -1727,11 +1643,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             };
         }
 
-        var call = CallHandler.getCallForRoom(this.props.roomId);
-        //var call = CallHandler.getAnyActiveCall();
-        var inCall = false;
-        if (call && (this.state.callState !== 'ended' && this.state.callState !== 'ringing')) {
-            inCall = true;
+        if (inCall) {
             var zoomButton, voiceMuteButton, videoMuteButton;
 
             if (call.type === "video") {
@@ -1755,14 +1667,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                          width="21" height="26"/>
                 </div>
 
-            if (!statusBar) {
-                statusBar =
-                    <div className="mx_RoomView_callBar">
-                        <img src="img/sound-indicator.svg" width="23" height="20"/>
-                        <b>Active call</b>
-                    </div>;
-            }
-
+            // wrap the existing status bar into a 'callStatusBar' which adds more knobs.
             statusBar =
                 <div className="mx_RoomView_callStatusBar">
                     { voiceMuteButton }