HTML DOM Status Property

<! DOCTYPE html>

<body>
<script type= "Text/javascript" >
window.status= "Some text in the status bar!!";
</script>

</body>

HTML DOM Status Property

HTML DOM Window Object

Definition and usage

The Status property sets or returns the text in the window's status bar.

Grammar

Window.status=sometext

Description

The Status property is a readable, writable string that declares a message to display in the window's status bar. Typically, the time to display this message is limited until other messages overwrite it, or the user moves the mouse to another area of the window. When you erase a status statement message, the status bar reverts to its default blank state, or the default message for the property Defaultstatus declaration is displayed again.

As far as we know, many browsers have turned off the ability to script their status bar. This is a security measure to prevent phishing attacks that hide the true intent of hyperlinks.

HTML DOM Status Property