To make the status bar display the same message

teachmejava · Feb 5, 2002

Hi,just like to say thanks for any help i can get.
Ok,the problem is how do display the same message in the
status bar before and after the page being loaded.
I don't want the "download from

http://www.blablabla.com"

or
"opening from

http://www.blablabla.com"

to be displayed on the
status bar.Can anybody help?

grega · Feb 5, 2002

Use javascript to set window.status. Something like ...

<body onLoad="window.status='Welcome to my page'">

should work.

Greg.

elegidito · Feb 5, 2002

or if it changes when you mouseover a link you could do this:

<body onMouseOver="window.status='welcome to my page'">

that would make it permanent.

Einstein47 · Feb 5, 2002

However the messages "Downloading from ..." and "Opening page ..." are displayed before the full HTML is loaded or before JavaScript is even active. I really don't believe that you can avoid those status messages. Sorry. :-(

But the other suggestions will at least keep the status bar to display the same thing when the user is on your page. Einstein47
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theEclipse · Feb 5, 2002

try defaultStatus.

right at the top of your page, just under the title or meta tags, insert this:

<script language="javascript">
window.defaultStatus='welcome to my page!';
</script>

that might work...its worth a try Robert Carpenter
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