<HTML><HEAD> <!-- ------------- defaultStatus ------------- --> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!-- hide from old browsers /* THE JAVASCRIPT COOKBOOK by Erica Sadun, webrx@mindspring.com Copyright (c)2000 by Charles River Media. All Rights Reserved. This applet can only be re-used or modifed by license holders of the JavaScript Cookbook CD-ROM. Credit must be given in the source code and this copyright notice must be maintained. If you do not hold a license to the JavaScript Cookbook, you may NOT duplicate or modify this code for your own use. Use at your own risk. No warranty is given or implied of the suitability of this applet for any specific application. Neither Erica Sadun nor Charles River Media will be held responsible for any unwanted effects due to the use of this applet or any derivative. */ function setStatus() { window.defaultStatus = "Move on top of the Link" window.status = "Please click me!" } <!-- done hiding --></SCRIPT></HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="ffffff" link="0000ff" vlink="770077"> <FONT COLOR="007777"><H1><IMG SRC="../GRAFX/UTENS.JPG" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=50 ALIGN = LEFT>Default Status</H1></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT COLOR="770000"> Move the mouse over the link below and then around the screen. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <CENTER> <FONT SIZE=6><A HREF="#" onMouseOver="setStatus();return true"> Hello Link!</A></FONT> </CENTER> <FONT COLOR="007777"><H2>Discussion</H2></FONT> <FONT SIZE=4> Changes to <FONT COLOR="770000">window.status</FONT> are temporary. A persistant statusbar message can be created with <FONT COLOR="770000">window.defaultStatus</FONT>. This script creates a statusbar message which prompts the reader to return to the link. (Please note, this feature works extremely erratically with early versions of Netscape Navigator 2.0 and 3.0)<p> </FONT> <b>Setting the status</b><p> <FONT COLOR="770000"> function setStatus()<br> {<blockquote> window.defaultStatus = "Move on top of the Link"<br> window.status = "Please click me!"<br> </blockquote>}<p> </FONT> <b>The onMouseOver event</b><p> <FONT COLOR="770000"> <A HREF="#" onMouseOver="setStatus();return true"> Hello Link!</A> </FONT> <h5>Copyright ©1996 by Charles River Media, All Rights Reserved</h5> </BODY> </HTML>