[thelist] windows status text change on mouse over?

[Arthur Noel]

> hello. i have an image and a part of this image (area
> rect) is a link to another website. in the <area rect>
> of this image i have the following text:
> 
>   onMouseOver="javascript:window.status='Hi';"
> 
> but this is not working! when i move my mouse over the
> part of the image, it is indeed a link and it is
> working, but the window status bar still shows me the
> link, not the text "Hi". 

I think your problem is that you have to return true after setting the
status. Try the following:

function m_over(msg) {
   window.status = msg;
   return true;
   }

and then in your area bit have onmouseover="return m_over('Hi')"

Arthur