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Altering the text displayed in browser status bar

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Feb 19.2003

If I mouse over a link, such as the following…

<a href=”javascript:createNewReview( ‘500’, ‘2002’, ‘userId’);”>

…the status bar along the bottom edge of the browser will display “javascript:createNewReview( ‘500’, ‘2002’, ‘userId’);”. Is there a way to control what is displayed on the status bar? I’d like to display a message that is not so revealing, such as “Create a new Evaluation” instead of display sensitive information, such as the employee id, year, and userId from above.

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@CrazyGazFeb 19.2003 — using window.status will do that

<a href="javascript:createNewReview( '500', '2002', 'userId');" onMouseOver="window.status='TEXT YOU WISH TO DISPLAY'; return true"

onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true>

I Think that'll do it.

-Gaz-
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@dab100Feb 19.2003 — You can also use onmouseout to change the status bar back to something you want to display when not on mouse over


<a href="javascript:createNewReview( '500', '2002', 'userId');" onmouseout="window.status='welcome to my homepage or what ever you want'; return true;" onmouseover="window.status='My comments here'; return true;">
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@SAFXauthorFeb 19.2003 — Yes, it works! Thanks a lot dude!

This is a great site! Quick answers! Thanks again ?

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