Enter Status Bar Text

Nathan Wenneker

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Description:

This JavaScript will prompt you for text and then display it in the status bar.

JavaScript Functions:
<script language="JavaScript"> Ret = prompt('Enter something',"something") var temp var f =" " var f = f + (Ret) var speedtogo = 50 var counter function scrollon() { temp = f.substring(0,1); f += temp f = f.substring(1,100); window.status = f.substring(0,100); counter = setTimeout("scrollon()",speedtogo); } </script>

HTML Script:
<FORM> Click <INPUT TYPE=BUTTON VALUE="Start" onclick="scrollon();"> and the text entered at the prompt scrolls across in the users status bar. </FORM>