Scripts 4-5: Fun with the status
bar.
To view the next couple of scripts, you have to look at the status
bar at the bottom of the window. You should see the text: "This is
the status bar".
Script 4: the DEFAULT message
This script is a very simple one. It allows you to add a default
message (a message that will always appear) to the status bar. The
code used for this page is:
Put this code right after the <BODY>
Tag:
<SCRIPT>defaultStatus="This is the
status bar"</SCRIPT> The text in
white can be changed for anything you
want.
DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT CODE IN .TXT format
Script 5: Message with links
Move your mouse over the following link:
PAGE
2
As you might of noticed, a message was displayed in the status bar
instead of the usual
"http://www.etc...". The script
used for this link was:
<A HREF="JavaScripts2P2.html"
onmouseover="window.status='Surprise! A message
instead of the link address!'; return true">PAGE
2</A>
Indeed, you are adding extra HTML code to the link tag (<A
HREF="">. The «onmouseover="» command tells
the window's status bar to display the white text instead of the
page's http address.
The page (link to) and the message can be changed to what ever you
might want.
DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT CODE IN .TXT format
Script 6
Click on the following link:
PAGE
2
Watch the alert message that comes on when you click the link.
Your only choice will be to click on the OK button. The script code
used for this link was:
<A HREF="JavaScripts2P2.html"
onclick="alert('You will soon be entering Page
2! Cool, eh?.')">PAGE 2</A>
The page (link to) and the message can be changed to what ever you
might want.
DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT CODE IN .TXT format
Script 7: Confirmation On Click
Once again, click on the follwing link:
PAGE
2
Watch the confirmation that comes on when you click the link. It
asks you to make sure that you want to go to page 2. You can either
click an OK or Cancel button. If you click OK,
you will then see the same message presented in the previous example.
If you click Cancel, you will see another message and come
back here. Note: I know that this script doesn't quite work
right. Even if you press Cancel, you will still go to the page. I'm
working on it.
Here is the code for this script:
<A HREF="JavaScripts2P2.html"
onclick="if(confirm('Are you sure you want to
go to page 2?')) alert('Here we go! (Of
course, you can remove this second alert, or write what ever you like
in it. -Anatole'); else (alert('Well too
bad! You are going anyways!.'))">PAGE 2</A>
The page (link to) and the message can be changed to what ever you
might want.
DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT CODE IN .TXT format
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