Botch — Wed, 01 Dec 1999 14:32:00 +0000

Thanks! As a supplemental question, can onMouseover and onMouseout be used in a function? In other words, the link would call the function with two variables (the URL and the onMouseover string), and the function would do the rest?

- Botch

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 21:37:00 +0000

There is a way of saving a bit of typing, add this script to the <head> section:

var text=" ";

function onlink (text)
{
window.status=text;
}
function offlink (text)
{
window.status=text;
}

</script>

You can call the functions whatever, I use onlink and offlink for some reason.

Then the onMouseover is shortened to:

The code is still quite long, but shorter than the original. To save your fingers even more you could have the script as an external .js file

[This message has been edited by tomworld (edited 30 November 1999).]