How to put text (not a link) in the status bar ?

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I use onmouseover="window.status='xxxxx'
which worked in (some of) my browsers
in the past but doesn't seem to work in any now.


Harvey
#programming #bar #link #put #status #text
  • Aloha Harvey

    It seems that it's a security feature that is now blocked by default.

    On Firefox you can enable it in Advanced JavaScript Options - "Allow scripts to change statusbar text" .

    In Internet Explorer in the Security settings you need to enable "Allow status bar updates via script".

    With Opera in JavaScript options there is a "Allow changing of status field" (this one wouldn't work for me).

    Safari and Chrome don't seem to have a status bar.

    I suspect that allowing pages to do this trick by default may be seen as phishing - many users look at the status bar before they trust a link and the window.status method could be used to display a false URL.

    Hope this helps

    Bill
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    • That makes sense - and I guess that is why it is now the default

      Thanks Bill

      Harvey
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