HTML | DOM Window status Property

Last Updated : 05 Aug, 2022

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

Note: This property has been DEPRECATED and is no longer recommended.

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

Example 1: This example use window status property.

html

<!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.

html

<!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>