Status bar shows anchor href, not text I set in onmouseover

[Christopher Nelson]

I have a menu tree made up of anchors inside list items in a
multi-level list that includes HTML like:

<ul id='xx'>
<li><a href='conf.cgi' class='menu' target='main'
title='Configur e stuff' onclick='rememb er("conf.cgi") '
onmouseover='ha ndleOver("Confi gure stuff")'>Settin gs</a></li>
</ul>

with the javascript:

function remember(cgi) {
var exp = new Date();
exp.setTime(exp .getTime() + 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
setCookie('last Page',cgi,exp);
}
function handleOver(text ) {
window.status=t ext;
}

but when I mouse over this, the status bar shows the full path to the
cgi:

http://hostname/cgi-bin/conf.cgi

I've put an alert() into handleOver() so I know it's getting invoked
and my JavaScript console is clean. What am I doing wrong?

While I want a general solution, I'm doing my development and initial
testing on Mozilla 1.7.3.

Any pointers appreciated. Thanks.

Chris

[VK]

> Status bar shows anchor href, not text I set in onmouseover

comp.lang.javas cript FAQ (right in front of you):
<http://www.jibbering.c om/faq/#FAQ4_35>

[Evertjan.]

Christopher Nelson wrote on 28 okt 2005 in comp.lang.javas cript:

<a href='conf.cgi' class='menu' target='main'
title='Configur e stuff' onclick='rememb er("conf.cgi") '
onmouseover='ha ndleOver("Confi gure stuff")'>Settin gs</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
function setStatus(){
status='Hello world'
}
</script>

<a href='conf.cgi' onmouseout='sta tus=""'
onmouseover='se tTimeout("setSt atus()",10)'>
Settings</a>
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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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[Christopher Nelson]

VK wrote:

Status bar shows anchor href, not text I set in onmouseover

comp.lang.javas cript FAQ (right in front of you):
<http://www.jibbering.c om/faq/#FAQ4_35>

I've tried several variations on that and none work. The best I've
been able to accomplish is when the mouse enters the anchor the status
bar shows the href and when the mouse leaves the anchor the message I
supply is displayed (until the mouse enters another anchor, of course).

[Christopher Nelson]

Evertjan. wrote:

Christopher Nelson wrote on 28 okt 2005 in comp.lang.javas cript:

<a href='conf.cgi' class='menu' target='main'
title='Configur e stuff' onclick='rememb er("conf.cgi") '
onmouseover='ha ndleOver("Confi gure stuff")'>Settin gs</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
function setStatus(){
status='Hello world'
}
</script>

<a href='conf.cgi' onmouseout='sta tus=""'
onmouseover='se tTimeout("setSt atus()",10)'>
Settings</a>

Thanks but that's not working for me. The status bar gets cleared on
mouse out but "hello world" never shows up anywhere. Even adding
"return true" to the end of setStatus() didn't help.

[Evertjan.]

Christopher Nelson wrote on 28 okt 2005 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Evertjan. wrote:

Christopher Nelson wrote on 28 okt 2005 in comp.lang.javas cript:

> <a href='conf.cgi' class='menu' target='main'
> title='Configur e stuff' onclick='rememb er("conf.cgi") '
> onmouseover='ha ndleOver("Confi gure stuff")'>Settin gs</a>
<script type="text/javascript">
function setStatus(){
status='Hello world'
}
</script>

<a href='conf.cgi' onmouseout='sta tus=""'
onmouseover='se tTimeout("setSt atus()",10)'>
Settings</a>

Thanks but that's not working for me. The status bar gets cleared on
mouse out but "hello world" never shows up anywhere.

Works allright under IE6 !

Did you copy/paste my code in an empty html-page?
Even adding
"return true" to the end of setStatus() didn't help.

Why would you do that? That makes no sense at all.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)

[Christopher Nelson]

Evertjan. wrote:

Christopher Nelson wrote on 28 okt 2005 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Evertjan. wrote:

Christopher Nelson wrote on 28 okt 2005 in comp.lang.javas cript:

> <a href='conf.cgi' class='menu' target='main'
> title='Configur e stuff' onclick='rememb er("conf.cgi") '
> onmouseover='ha ndleOver("Confi gure stuff")'>Settin gs</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
function setStatus(){
status='Hello world'
}
</script>

<a href='conf.cgi' onmouseout='sta tus=""'
onmouseover='se tTimeout("setSt atus()",10)'>
Settings</a>
Thanks but that's not working for me. The status bar gets cleared on
mouse out but "hello world" never shows up anywhere.

Works allright under IE6 !

I'll try some other browsers.
Did you copy/paste my code in an empty html-page?

No. I edited it into my CGI.

Even adding
"return true" to the end of setStatus() didn't help.

Why would you do that? That makes no sense at all.

Because the FAQ I was pointed to above said it's prudent.

[Evertjan.]

Christopher Nelson wrote on 28 okt 2005 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Works allright under IE6 !

I'll try some other browsers.

Please first try IE.

Did you copy/paste my code in an empty html-page?

No. I edited it into my CGI.

Is that the way to conclude "it does not work"?

Please try the above first before expanding a javascript advice into your
own programme.

Does your cgi execute javascript, btw?

> Even adding
> "return true" to the end of setStatus() didn't help.

Why would you do that? That makes no sense at all.

Because the FAQ I was pointed to above said it's prudent.

Sounds like programming without trying to understand what you do.
--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)

[Christopher Nelson]

Evertjan. wrote:

Christopher Nelson wrote on 28 okt 2005 in comp.lang.javas cript:

Works allright under IE6 !
I'll try some other browsers.

Please first try IE.

It works in IE. In Opera, the status bar updates as desired but the
tooltip shows the Title and the Address. In Firefox, as in Mozilla,
the address is shown in the status bar and I don't seem to be able to
change that.

Did you copy/paste my code in an empty html-page?

No. I edited it into my CGI.

Is that the way to conclude "it does not work"?

It didn't work for me in my CGI in the broswer I was using.
Please try the above first before expanding a javascript advice into your
own programme.

Does your cgi execute javascript, btw?
My CGI has a ton of JavaScript in it.
...

I don't know that I'll do better than what I have. I'd really like to
fix the status bar in Mozilla and Firefox if I could but I don't know
what the problem is.

[Evertjan.]

Christopher Nelson wrote on 28 okt 2005 in comp.lang.javas cript:

I don't know that I'll do better than what I have. I'd really like to
fix the status bar in Mozilla and Firefox if I could but I don't know
what the problem is.

I'm sorry, I am not an expert there.

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)