Set text of status bar problem

Question

I'm trying to hide the url in the status bar of the links in
a graphic where I have a mapping situation. I click on the map box
and select the set text of status bar behavior but it will not work
while the mouse is over the mapped area. When I move my mouse over
the mapped area it displays the url and when I move away from it it
displays the text that I want to have when I mouse over. Any help
is greatly appreciated. I've including the code below.
<img src="images/productsimage.gif" alt="products"
width="750" height="550" border="0" usemap="#Map" />
<map name="Map" id="Map"><area shape="rect"
coords="31,60,171,188" href="
http://www.airtight.net/"
target="right" alt="airtight" onmouseover="MM_displayStatusMsg('To
order contact Sales at [email protected]');return
document.MM_returnValue" />
<area shape="rect" coords="232,81,499,138" href="
http://www.blue.com" target="right"
alt="Blue" onmouseover="MM_displayStatusMsg('To order contact sales
at [email protected]');return document.MM_returnValue" />

Answer 1

.oO(SimoneStanich)
>I'm trying to hide the url in the status bar of the links
in a graphic where I
>have a mapping situation.
Why do you want that? The status bar is part of the browser's
GUI and of
absolutely no interest for the website author. Additionally
recent
browsers will prevent scripts from manipulating it, so you
should think
about it again.
>I click on the map box and select the set text of
>status bar behavior but it will not work while the mouse
is over the mapped
>area. When I move my mouse over the mapped area it
displays the url and when I
>move away from it it displays the text that I want to
have when I mouse over.
You want to use the 'title' attribute to show additional text
on mouse-
over.
Micha