not sure what its called but i can show you what i mean

[bruno89]

ok at the bottom of your browser theres a bar that wen ever you hover over a link it displayes the full link i want to customise this to say somthing like """billy bob was ere""" for example. i have a code for one BUT! it bounces from side to side i want a still 1.

to see what i mean look at the bottom of your brouswer on this site
http://www.freewebs.com/sharpshooters-ss

im not even sure if there is such a thing but i presume if theres 1 that bounces theres 1 thats static

thanks people

[moojoo]

That would be the Status Bar..

[escaflowne11]

I am guessing that you are talking about your navigation. There is a tutorial posted in the top link of the CSS section that explains a nice way to create a good navigation system. The reason that your links are bouncing around is because they have a rollover code that increases size, or adds a bold property to it. Because that changes, it has to adjust the rest of the code. Go check out that thread at the top of the page. Heres the link to it for ya...

menu tutorial - Written by ukgeoff

If you have any questions about this, please let us know and we can point you in the right directions, or answer your questions!

(edit - Im pretty sure though that you might be talking about the status bar... Didnt even know you can customize that... just trying to help!)

[bruno89]

no no no you got the rong end of the stick lol. i dont mean the navagation i mean the "status bar as moojoo said". heres a pic of what i mean ( Why didnt i think of that earlyer it would have beed so much easyer )

thanks for your help tho

[moojoo]

something like:

<a href="#" onMouseOver="window.status='Foo text'; onMouseOut="window.status=''http://www.foo.com">Foo Link text</a>

[bruno89]

ooooooo i did a google search and found 1 all ready lol. now i know what its called its alot easyer lol thank you anyway man

[Ryan Fait]

Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to do that. I like looking at where a link is going to take me before I actually click on it. Don't ruin usability over something as stupid as changing the status bar text.

[QuikFrozen]

As far as I know, the status can only be customized on IE. Browser like Mozilla won't allow you to do so. I agree with ryanfait, don't mess with the status bar, it isn't called "My-text-goes-here bar"...

[bruno89]

Originally Posted by ryanfait

Personally, I don't think it's a good idea to do that. I like looking at where a link is going to take me before I actually click on it. Don't ruin usability over something as stupid as changing the status bar text.

you can still see what page your going to wen you hover over the link its just wen your browsin i didnt want it plain

[Ryan Fait]

Leave it plain! No one cares if the status bar has extra text in it! My browser doesn't tell me where links'll take me when I hover my mouse over it.

[bruno89]

Originally Posted by ryanfait

Leave it plain! No one cares if the status bar has extra text in it! My browser doesn't tell me where links'll take me when I hover my mouse over it.

OK! gosh

[moojoo]

A lot of browsers don't even have the status bar enabled by default so many users may not even know it exists. Safari has an option for it under the View Menu.

[Ryan Fait]

Just trying to keep you from making a mistake! Websites aren't supposed to take advantage of every possible form of eye-candy at once.