Categories: window

javascript window status

@March 15, 2008, 1:22 a.m.

status	Firefox/Netscape/NN 2 IE 3 Chrome/Safari/DOM n/a
	Read/Write
Specifies the text of the status bar of the browser window. Setting the status bar to some message is recommended only for temporary messages, such as for mouse rollovers atop images, areas, or links. Double or single quotes in the message must be escaped (\'). Many users don't notice incidental text in the status bar, so avoid putting mission-critical information there. Temporary messages conflict with browser-driven use of the status bar for loading progress and other purposes. To set the default status bar message (when all is at rest), see the defaultStatus property.

Example

<...onmouseover="window.status='Table of Contents';return true" onmouseout = "window.status = '';return true">

Value
String.

Default
Empty string.

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