Javascript Status Bar

Since people have had a little trouble finding this article in the HTML Tutorials section, it is here in Javascript as well :)

There are a couple ways to change the status bar. First we'll do it by writing a function.

function Hiya() {
window.status="hiya dog";
}
function Hiya2() {
window.status="bya dog";
}

<a onMouseover=Hiya() onMouseout=Hiya2()>Put your cursor here</a>


-We create a function and name it Hiya because we like that name.
-We use Javascript's built-in window object and its status property.
-We say that is equal to "hiya dog"
-We create a nearly identical function, naming it Hiya2 and just change what it says.
-We use the built-in Javascript onMouseover and Javascript onMouseout to call our functions.


If you want to make a status mesage stick in Internet Explorer for Windows:

window.defaultStatus="Why all the dogs?";

For Safari on Mac this only shows when the window loads.

And unfortunately, none of this works on the current Firefox. Unless you can convince your Firefox users to jump through the hoop of altering their settings... sure.


<script type="text/javascript">
<!--

window.defaultStatus="Why all the dogs?";

function Hiya() {
window.status="hiya dog";
}
function Hiya2() {
window.status="bya dog";
}

-->
</script>

<a onMouseover=Hiya() onMouseout=Hiya2()>Put your cursor here</a>



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