Hide link in status bar on mouseover?

[keyplyr]

How can a link address (internal) be hidden from displaying in the status bar while mouseover in IE and other browsers? Thanks.

[tedster]

I think JavaScript in the anchor element would do it.

<A HREF="page.html" onMouseOver="window.status='';return true" onMouseOut="window.status='';return true">internal link</a>

That's two SINGLE quotes after window.status=

[keyplyr]

Thanks Tedster, as you were posting I was coding and came up with the same thing:

onMouseOver="window.status=\'\'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=\'\'; "

Is that last "return true" really needed?

[tedster]

The script doesn't work in IE without the first "return true", but you're right, the second one is not needed.

In fact, (just tested this) the script doesn't work either way on Opera 7. Opera has a way of not listening to repressive scripts. For example, you can always resize a new window in Opera, no matter what the javascript says.

[keyplyr]

Thanks, I wouldn't have known that about Opera, but as browsers evolve to empower the user experience, it's as expected.