HTML | DOM Window status Property

The Window status property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the text in the status bar at the bottom of the browser.

Syntax:

window.status

Return Value: It returns a string which represents the text displayed in the status bar.

Example 1: This example use window status property.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML DOM Window status Property 
    </title> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
      
    <h2> 
        HTML DOM Window status Property 
    </h2> 
    <p> 
        Look the text in the statusbar displayed 
        at the bottom of the browser 
    </p> 
      
    <!-- Script to use window status property -->
    <script> 
        window.status = "GeeksforGeeks"; 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>                                 

Output:

Example 2: This example use window status property to set the text of status bar.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML DOM Window status Property 
    </title> 
      
    <!-- Script to use window status property -->
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        function UpdateStatusBar (over) { 
            if (over) 
                window.status = "The mouse is over the text."; 
            else 
                window.status = window.defaultStatus; 
        } 
  
        function ChangeDefStatus () { 
            window.defaultStatus = "Default Status."; 
        } 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div onmousemove="UpdateStatusBar(true);" 
        onmouseout="UpdateStatusBar(false);"> 
        A message is seen on the status bar at the bottom 
        of the page when mouse is placed over the text 
    </div><br> 
  
    <button onclick="ChangeDefStatus();"> 
        Change default status 
    </button> 
      
    <br><br> 
      
    <a href="#"> 
        When mouse move over, the browser 
        will display the URL 
    </a> 
</body> 
  
</html>                     

Output:

Supported Browsers: The DOM Window status property does not support any browser.

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