defaultStatus & onFocus Status Line Message

Name:

-- hyperlink test --

<SCRIPT>

defaultStatus = "Welcome to the Status Bar Page";

</SCRIPT>

<FORM>
     Name:
     <INPUT TYPE="text" onFocus="window.status='Please Enter Your Name'">
     <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>

<A HREF="javascript:void(null)"
  onMouseOver="status='Hyperlink Test'; return true;" onMouseOut="status='';">
hyperlink test
</A>

defaultStatus is a property that specifies default text to appear in the Window's Status Line when the page is loaded. The Status Line is by default blank, unless we "write" messages to the Status Line as demonstrated in the previous examples. However, you can set the defaultStatus Property to specify a default message to be displayed when the status is not otherwise in use.

defaultStatus is used to display semi-permanent messages in the status line. To display transient messages, use the status Property.

NOTE:

  1. For some reason with the onFocus, the window prefix needs to be included with status.
  2. return true isn't necessary in this case because we aren't "overwriting" a default behavior in the text box as we did with the HREF