How do i remove the link that appears at the bottom of a browser?

Lex · 1 Dec 2006 at 09:54

I want to default the link or be able to change the link at the bottom of the web browser that displays the path to a click that has been selected. How do i do that?

If you're confused basically when you click on a hyperlink it shows the path of that hyperlink in the web browser at the bottom of the screen. How do i get customised text down there? what do i type in the html?

probedb · 1 Dec 2006 at 10:09

That's a nasty thing to do! It used to be common about 5 years ago on websites but not as much now because it's annoying when you can't see where a link goes to. It involves javascript but can't remember what it is as I haven't used it for years.

Lex · 1 Dec 2006 at 10:12

probedb said:
That's a nasty thing to do! It used to be common about 5 years ago on websites but not as much now because it's annoying when you can't see where a link goes to. It involves javascript but can't remember what it is as I haven't used it for years.

I can see why it'd be nasty but my website address is forwarded from another site. I dont really want people knowing where it came from. it displays the original page in the browser below:\ So what do you recommend?

unwashed potato! · 1 Dec 2006 at 10:49

it'd be nasty because people might think i'ts going to a bad site that will give them a virus or something. I have seen this many times, espcially in emails, it's like click here to go to paypal, it it takes you somewhere else. i never click on a link if i can't see the destination unless its from a trustworthy site like OcUK so i recommend you don't use it however it's always good to know more about web building so do research it and try it out.

Lex · 1 Dec 2006 at 11:19

addy_010 said:
it'd be nasty because people might think i'ts going to a bad site that will give them a virus or something. I have seen this many times, espcially in emails, it's like click here to go to paypal, it it takes you somewhere else. i never click on a link if i can't see the destination unless its from a trustworthy site like OcUK so i recommend you don't use it however it's always good to know more about web building so do research it and try it out.

It's just annoying if people know the origin of my website. Thanks though i'll research it.

monkeysmith · 1 Dec 2006 at 13:37

I agree with addy that its nasty, but here you are - not used these, just googled them:

http://www.javafile.com/statbar.php?cat=Status+Bar

growse · 1 Dec 2006 at 15:15

It's not always nasty. If you've got an ajax application and want to have the visual pointers for a link to be "Next Page" instead of javascript:req(blahblah); it can be a useful thing to do. Be warned, for it to work properly in firefox, the user actually has to enable the overwriting of the statusbar in their js settings - it's not a default. Think it works ok in IE.

You just need an onmouseover and onmouseout event handler on each link which fires a function which sets window.status. Basically

Lex · 1 Dec 2006 at 18:10

growse said:
You just need an onmouseover and onmouseout event handler on each link which fires a function which sets window.status. Basically

explain please

meghatronic · 1 Dec 2006 at 18:21

Lex said:
explain please

http://psacake.com/web/ep.asp