Bouncing Status Bar Text

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Description:

Text message bounces back and forth in the status bar.

JavaScript Functions:
<script language="JavaScript"> <!-- var yourwords = "* JavaScript Search - Your Source for Free JavaScripts *"; var buffer1=" "; var buffer2=" "; var message1=buffer1+yourwords+buffer2; var dir = "left"; var speed = 75; function pingpong() { if (dir == "left") { message2=message1.substring(2,message1.length)+" "; window.status=message2; setTimeout("pingpong();",speed); message1=message2; if (message1.substring(0,1) == "*") dir="right"; } else { message2=" "+message1.substring(0,message1.length-2); window.status=message2; setTimeout("pingpong();",speed); message1=message2; if (message1.substring(message1.length-1,message1.length) == "*") dir="left"; } } // --> </script>

HTML Script:
<FORM> Click <INPUT TYPE=BUTTON VALUE="Start" onclick="pingpong();"> and look in your current status bar on the bottom of your browser for an example of bouncing text. </FORM>