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hi this is my first attempt at JavaScript:

the following function is used to display window status bar messages. it works fine on the local machine but when i upload it too the server the messages are not displayed at all.

what am i doing wrong? please help.

[website][link removed]

function displayMsg(msg){

window.status = msg;

}

what should happen is when you hover over the image it should display a message to click it and the image is then updated.

i saw this but if this is no longer possible then why does it work locally?

EDIT: thank you for your answer. i am wondering if it is possible to display a tooltip once the image over event happens? thanks,

EDIT: i have added a Title attribute and it seems to display a tooltip. what you are seeing would be most welcome input. thanks.

EDIT: Google Chrome works fine. Safari does not run javascript. im on win7.

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iTEgg Avatar asked Jul 17 '10 21:07

iTEgg


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1 Answers

window.status has been disabled in most (if not all) browsers for security reasons (it was possible to fake a different location for links that way).

See e.g. the MDC page on window.status:

This property does not work in default configuration of Firefox and some other browsers: setting window.status has no effect on the text displayed in the status bar. To allow scripts change the the status bar text, the user must set the dom.disable_window_status_change preference to false in the about:config screen.

it was also removed in IE 7.

As to why it works locally, I can't say. Maybe security restrictions are more relaxed there, although it's strange!

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Unicron Avatar answered Sep 29 '22 16:09

Unicron