Update the Window Status on MouseOver and Mouseout

Deprecated Cotent - no longer supported in modern browsers.

Try the following example to see how you can modify the window status (at the bottom of your browser) when the visitor hovers over a link.

<html>
<head>
 <title> Page Title </title>
 <script>
	function showStatus(sMsg) {
     window.status = sMsg ;
     return true ;
 }
 </script>
 </head>
<body>
<a href="http://www.psacake.com" onMouseOver="return showStatus('Go to psacake');" onMouseOut="return showStatus('');">psacake</a>
</body>
</html>

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