Try this:

onmouseover="windows.status='put here whatever you want' 

Regards

Gerhard Wentink

>-----Original Message-----
>From: PavanKumar [mailto:pgourise@y...] 
>Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:50 PM
>To: javascript
>Subject: [javascript] Hiding the directory structure in the 
>status bar when someone moves mouse over the link
>
>
>Hello,
>      I have a unique requirement here. If someone moves the 
>mouse over to 
>the link on the web page the browser displays the directiry 
>structure on 
>the status bar. I want to hide it. 
>Ex: if there is a file named Index.html which is in
>http://www.somecompany.com/test/pages/index.html.
>I dont want the whole URL to e displayed instead I want it to 
>be displayed 
>as /test/pages/index.html on the status bar.
>I dont know If this can be done. If it can be how is it possible.
>Please let me know.
>Thank you
>Pavan
>