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Use JavaScript to Change the Window Status Message

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Though I don't normally recommend modifying the browser's default behaviors, changing the window's status bar does have its place. The window status bar can pass descriptive information about the element the user is hovering over or can hide the URL from users that don't understand source code enough to figure it out for themselves.

The JavaScript

window.status = 'Hello!  You are hovering over me.';
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Discussion

  1. Selim Topaloğlu

    Thanks, but it wont work in IE7… Just IE6..

  2. david

    Thank you for mentioning this Selim. It looks as though IE7 has disabled this functionality.

  3. Selim Topaloğlu

    Yes, unfortunately custom status messagges are removed from ie7. I have searched it for a month ago :)

  4. xRommelx

    thank you, i really appreciate all your tuts

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