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Example 18.8:
Setting the Temporary Status Message...From a Button
This button changes the status bar, but only until you move the mouse away. (Except in Internet Explorer 3, though; in that browser the message will not return to the original.)
This is the script we used. In the HEAD...
<![CDATA[
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT">
<!--
defaultStatus = "Hold on, we're loading..."
//-->
</SCRIPT>
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Then this:
<![CDATA[
<FORM>
<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Change" onclick="self.defaultStatus='Let\'s change the status message from this button!'">
</FORM>
<A HREF="http://grids.ucs.indiana.edu/project/fox/webpages/resources/books/Netscape/OLC1.2/nowhere" onmouseover="self.status='This link takes you to ... '; return true">Point at the link to see another message.</A>
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