[thelist] Status bar of Opera 6

[pandion]

At 08:15 2002.11.07, Syed Zeeshan Haider wrote:
>Many experts here have stated in their different posts that changing the
>text of
>status bar for links with JS is not a good choice. The user would like to know
>about his destination through status bar before clicking the link, as the
>URL is
>shown as the text of status bar. I agree!

So do I.

>Most modern browsers support "title" attribute of <a href="some url"> tag and
>produce a tool tip for the link as a description of the link.
>But in Opera 6, I have noticed that "title" attribute changes the status bar
>text for the link. In the status bar, instead of URL, the value of "title"
>attribute appears. It is same as onMouseOver="status='Some Text'" for the
>link.
>Is there any way to disable this feature of Opera 6?

Yes, but you will then also lose the tooltip (balloon text). Ironically you
find the options under "Accessibility". IIRC you have to disable both "Show
tool tip for links" and "Show tool tip for element titles".

Great accessibility feature - not!

pandy