JavaScript Programming JavaScript > Code Examples Working with Status Bar Messages Working with Status Bar Messages <html> <head> <title>Status Bar - I Love Happy Codings :-) I Love Javascript</title> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- window.defaultStatus = "Welcome to the large URL page." function changeStatus() { window.status = "Click me to go to javascript.happycodings.com" } function changeDefaultStatus() { window.defaultStatus = window.document.statusForm.messageList. options[window.document.statusForm.messageList. selectedIndex].text } //--> </SCRIPT> </head> <body> <p> </p> <p> </p><p align=center> <font color="#008040"> <font size=7> <strong>http://javascript.happycodings.com/</strong></font></font></p> <p align=center> <a href="http://javascript.happycodings.com/" onMouseOver="changeStatus();return true">Go...</a></p> <form name="statusForm" method="POST"> <p><br> <br> <br> <br> </p> <p align=center> <font size=1>To change the default status bar message, select a message from the list below and click the Change button. </font></p> <p align=center><select name="messageList" size=1> <option selected>Welcome to the large URL page.</option> <option>A</option> <option>B</option> <option>C</option> </select> <input type=button name="Change" value="Change" onClick="changeDefaultStatus()"></p> </form> </body> </html>